Seyfarth Shaw Earns Top National and Regional Marks in LatestLaw Firm Rankings11/07/2011

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Ivette Delgado, Senior Public Relations Associate
(212) 218-5273,idelgado@seyfarth.com

CHICAGO (November 7, 2011) – Leading full-service law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP is pleased to announce that it ranks in the first tier nationally in four practice areas, and in the top three tiers nationally in a total of 21 practice areas, according to results of the latestU.S. News/Best Lawyerssurvey. In addition, Seyfarth practice areas rank in the first tier in six metropolitan areas – Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Houston, and Los Angeles – and in the top three tiers in a total of eight metropolitan areas (including New York and San Francisco).

TheU.S. News/Best Lawyers"Best Law Firms" ranking is based on evaluations provided by peer lawyers and clients, making it a substantive analysis of law firms by those best positioned to assess them objectively. More than 9,600 law firms were graded for the 2011-12 rankings, which also incorporate 3.9 million evaluations of more than 41,200 leading individual attorneys.

The four Seyfarth practice areas ranked in theU.S. News/Best Lawyersfirst tier nationally are Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Construction, and Litigation – Labor & Employment—a reflection of Seyfarth’s traditional strength in labor and employment matters. The firm’s nationwide rankings in the second tier demonstrate Seyfarth’s capacity in other areas of the law, as the firm was noted for its performance in Construction Law, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Immigration Law, and Litigation – Environmental.

In metropolitan areas, the top-tier-ranked Seyfarth practice areas are Information Technology Law (Atlanta); Employment Law – Management and Labor Law – Management (Boston); Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor & Employment (Chicago); Health Care Law (Houston); Immigration Law (Los Angeles); and Litigation – Construction (Washington, D.C.).
 
The following is a complete list of Seyfarth’sU.S. News/Best Lawyersrankings.

National practice group rankings:

National Tier 1

National Tier 2

National Tier 3

Metropolitan practice group rankings:

Atlanta Tier 1

Boston Tier 1

Chicago Tier 1

Houston Tier 1

Los Angeles Tier 1

Washington, D.C. Tier 1

Atlanta Tier 2

Boston Tier 2

Chicago Tier 2

Los Angeles Tier 2

New York City Tier 2

San Francisco Tier 2

Washington, D.C. Tier 2

Los Angeles Tier 3

Seyfarth Shaw has over 750 attorneys located in 10 offices throughout the United States, including: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., as well as internationally in London. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, corporate and real estate. The firm’s clients include over 300 of theFortune500 companies, and our practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the economy. For more information, please visit

www.seyfarth.com

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