Best Lawyers Awards Shook Top National and Regional Rankings in 2027 Report

Best Lawyers has awarded Shook five National Tier 1 rankings in the latest 2027 Best Law Firms report. The firm also received six Tier 2 rankings and one Tier 3 to round out the National category. Shook’s office locations were highly recognized with various regional practice area rankings including more than 45 Regional Tier 1 listings. 

National Tier 1

  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Patent Law

National Tier 2

  • Environmental Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Patent
  • Technology Law

National Tier 3

  • Litigation – Securities

Regional Tier 1

Atlanta

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Boston

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Chicago
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law

Hartford

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Houston
  • Litigation – Patent

Kansas City 

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Litigation – Patent
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Patent Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Trademark Law

Los Angeles

  • Appellate Practice
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Miami

  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

New York City

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Orange County

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Philadelphia

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

San Francisco

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Seattle

  • Patent Law

St. Louis

  • Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Tampa

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Washington, D.C.

  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Regional Tier 2

Atlanta

  • Commercial Litigation

Chicago

  • Litigation – Securities

Colorado

  • Commercial Litigation

Houston

  • Litigation – Intellectual Property
  • Patent Law

Kansas City

  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Litigation – Securities

Miami

  • Environmental Law
  • Mediation
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Seattle

  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Technology Law

St. Louis

  • Banking and Finance Law

Tampa

  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation

Washington, D.C.

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Labor Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Regional Tier 3

Boston

  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Chicago

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation

Hartford

  • Commercial Litigation

Houston

  • Appellate Practice
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Kansas City

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law

Los Angeles

  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Miami

  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

Orange County

  • Environmental Law

Seattle

  • Litigation – Patent