2015 Rankings Published by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®

The 2015 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” has ranked Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Cranfill Sumner) as a Metropolitan Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 law firm in multiple practice areas.

This is the second consecutive year that all three Cranfill Sumner offices received a Tier 1 ranking from U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” In addition, Cranfill Sumner practice groups in Raleigh and Charlotte received more rankings in Tier 1 or Tier 2 than in previous years.

“We are proud that all three Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP offices received a Tier 1 ranking from U.S. News – Best Lawyers® ‘Best Law Firm’ for the second year in a row,” said Dan Hartzog, managing partner of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP.  “Our staff and attorneys work hard every day to make sure we keep client service a top priority, and I am confident these rankings are evidence of those efforts.”

“Best Law Firms” rankings are determined through client and peer feedback and results of a Law Firm Leaders Survey. U.S. News and Best Lawyers partner to rank 10,000 firms in 118 practice areas in 170 metropolitan areas and 8 states.

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

METROPOLITAN TIER 1

  • Charlotte
    • Employment Law – Management
    • Litigation – Labor & Employment
    • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  • Raleigh
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
    • Insurance Law
    • Litigation – Labor & Employment
    • Litigation – Municipal
    • Mediation
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
    • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  • Wilmington-NC
    • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

METROPOLITAN TIER 2

  • Charlotte
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Raleigh
    • Education Law
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Wilmington-NC
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

METROPOLITAN TIER 3

  • Raleigh
    • Employment Law – Management