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