Maynard & Gale is proud to have once again earned high-level distinction in the U.S. News & World Report's seventh annual listing of the “Best Law Firms” rankings, released to the public today. The firm earned National Tier Rankings in the areas of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, and Mining Law. The firm’s Birmingham office earned a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in 41 areas of law, complementing most the firm’s litigation and corporate practice groups. Maynard’s Huntsville office earned a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in the areas of Government Relations Practice and Litigation: Labor & Employment, while the Mobile office earned a Tier 1 ranking in the areas of Admiralty and Maritime Law, Banking and Finance Law, and Financial Services Regulation Law.

Maynard earned additional Metropolitan rankings in practice areas including Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Economic Development Law; Patent Law; Trusts & Estates Law; Employment Law; Energy Law; Insurance Law; Tax Law; and five areas of Litigation including banking & finance, bankruptcy, commercial, patent, and tax.

“U.S. News is the global authority in rankings,” said Tim Smart, executive editor of U.S. News & World Report. “Evaluating law firms is a natural extension of what we do best.” Law firms included in the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Law Firms” are those who have earned recognition for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from both clients and peers. “Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise,” according to the U.S. New & World Report release. The 2017 rankings were compiled from more than 800,000 law firm assessments and the over 10,000 clients who provided evaluations. Steven Naifeh, CEO and co-founder of Best Lawyers, said “This year we reviewed 13,803 law firms across the United States and across 122 practice areas to narrow our selection of the top 2005 law firm’s to receive a national law firm ranking.” Maynard is proud to be included among the distinguished listing of national recognized law firms.