2020 Rankings Published by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner) today announced that the 2020 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” ranked the firm as a Metropolitan Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 law firm in multiple practice areas.

Each of the firm’s three offices were ranked as Metropolitan Tier 1 on the list.

“Best Law Firms” rankings are determined through client and peer feedback. U.S. News and Best Lawyers partner to rank nearly 15,000 firms in 122 practice areas in 188 metropolitan areas.

The list recognized Cranfill Sumner’s offices for the following practice areas:

METROPOLITAN TIER 1

Charlotte

  • Civil Rights Law
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Raleigh

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation – Municipal
  • Mediation
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Wilmington

  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

METROPOLITAN TIER 2

Charlotte

  • Litigation – Labor & Employment

Raleigh

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Construction
  • Litigation – Insurance
  • Litigation – Labor & Employment
  • Municipal Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

METROPOLITAN TIER 3

Charlotte

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law – Management

Raleigh

  • Construction Law

Wilmington

  • Admiralty & Maritime Law