Fourteen Firms Named Best Law Firms in America 2021

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We’re pleased to announce 14 of our member firms across 78 practice areas are listed in the 2021 edition of Best Law Firms in America.

Ally Law member firms with lawyers listed in the 2021 Best Law Firms in America include:

Alaska: Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot

  • National: Tier 3 in Litigation – Regional, (Alaska) Tier 1 in Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions, Tier 2 in Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and in Real Estate
  • Regional: (Washington, DC) Tier 1 in Litigation

Colorado: Moye White LLP

  • National: Tier 2 in Corporate Law, Tier 3 in Banking and Finance, Communications and Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Regional (Colorado): Tier 1 in Banking and Finance and Communications, Construction Corporate, Franchise Law, Litigation – Construction, Mergers & Acquisitions and Real Estate Law; Tier 2 in Copyright, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Governance, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity; Tier 3 in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation – Securities and Tax Law

Β Florida: Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen

  • Β Regional (Sarasota): Tier 1 in Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate and Trusts & Estates; and Tier 2 in Tax

Illinois: Much Shelist, P.C.

  • National: Tier 3 in Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Construction
  • Regional (Chicago): Tier 2 in Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Construction Law

Michigan: Varnum LLP

  • Β Regional: (Ann Arbor): Tier 1 in Construction, Labor Law – Management, Real Estate, Tax; Tier 2 in Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management, Family Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Tax, Trusts & Estates, Nonprofit / Charities Law, Trusts & Estates; and Tier 3 in Litigation – Labor & Employment
  • Regional (Detroit): Tier 1 in Employment Law – Management and Litigation – Tax; Tier 2 in Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Labor & Employment
  • Regional (Grand Rapids): Tier 1 in Banking and Finance, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Employment Law – Management, Energy Regulatory, Environmental, Family Law, Health Care, Labor Law – Management, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Tax, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Real Estate, Tax and Trusts & Estates; Tier 2 in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Financial Services Regulation, International Trade and Finance, Litigation – Litigation – Construction, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Municipal Law, Public Finance, Trademark, Water Law and Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
  • Regional (Kalamazoo): Tier 1 in Banking and Finance, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Real Estate, Litigation – Antitrust; and Tier 3 in Trusts & Estates
  • Regional (Lansing): Tier 1 in Communications, Energy Regulatory Law; and Tier 2 in Energy Law

Missouri: Evans & Dixon, LLC

  • Β Regional (St. Louis): Tier 2 in Copyright, Corporate Law, Tier 2 in Mergers & Acquisitions and Patent Law; Tier 3 in Corporate, Employee Benefits (ERISA) and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Regional (Kansas City-KS): Tier 3 in Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Utah/Nevada: Fabian VanCott

  • Regional (Utah): Tier 1 in Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Energy, Energy Regulatory, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Natural Resources, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, Real Estate and Tax Law; and Tier 2 in Appellate, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Mining, Patent, Trusts & Estates and Water Law; and Tier 3 in Corporate Compliance, Environmental, Family Law, Government Relations, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Intellectual Property and Trademark

Β North Carolina: Smith Anderson

  • National: Tier 2 in Land Use & Zoning Law and Tier 3 in Venture Capital Law
  • Regional (Raleigh): Tier 1 in Administrative / Regulatory Law, Banking and Finance, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Biotechnology, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Corporate, Employee Benefits (ERISA), Employment Law – Management, Environmental, Government Relations Practice, Insurance, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Insurance, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Securities, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants, Real Estate, Securities / Capital Market, Securities Regulation, Tax, Trusts & Estates and Venture Capital; Tier 2 in Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Financial Services Regulation, Health Care, Labor Law – Management, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Litigation – Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Patent, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Tax and Trademark Law; Tier in Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law

Β Northern California: Berliner Cohen, LLP

  • Β Regional (San Jose): Tier 1 in Litigation – Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate; Tier 2 in Criminal Defense: General Practice and Criminal Defense: White-Collar; and Tier 3 in Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Ohio/Texas: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

  • Β National: Tier 1 in Banking and Finance, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate; Tier 2 in Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Corporate, Employment Law – Management, Franchise, Health Care, Labor Law – Management, Patent and Trademark; Tier 3 in Environmental, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Tax and Trusts & Estates
  • Regional (Akron): Tier 1 in Banking and Finance Law, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Intellectual Property and Trademark; and Tier 2 in Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Regional (Cincinnati): Tier 1 in Banking and Finance, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, International Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Real Estate, Trusts & Estates and Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers; Tier 2 in Environmental, Franchise, Litigation – Banking & Finance, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – ERISA, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants and Tax Law
  • Regional (Cleveland): Tier 1 in Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Commercial Litigation, Health Care, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Mediation, Real Estate, Trademark; Tier 2 in Corporate, Litigation – Patent Law; and Tier 3 in Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Regional (Columbus-OH): Tier 1 in Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Banking and Finance, Commercial Finance, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law, Construction, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Governance, Corporate, Eminent Domain and Condemnation, Employee Benefits (ERISA), Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Energy, Environmental, Franchise, Government Relations Practice, Health Care, Insurance, Labor Law – Management, Land Use & Zoning, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Securities, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Mergers & Acquisitions, Nonprofit / Charities, Oil & Gas, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Real Estate, Tax, Trusts & Estates and Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers; Tier 2 in Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization, Civil Rights, Equipment Finance Immigration, Litigation – Construction and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; and Tier 3 in Litigation – Health Care and Public Finance
  • Regional (Houston): Tier 1 in Employment Law – Management and Patent; Tier 2 in Labor Law – Management; and Tier 3 in Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Individuals, Labor Law – Union and Real Estate
  • Regional (Washington, DC): Tier 2 in Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; and Tier 3 in Commercial Litigation and Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Pennsylvania: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

  • Β National: Tier 3 in Trusts & Estates Law
  • Regional (Philadelphia): Tier 1 in Family Law, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Real Estate and Trusts & Estates; Tier 2 in Litigation – Construction; and Tier 3 in Municipal Law
  • Regional (Pittsburgh): Tier 1 in Family Law Mediation and Tier 2 in Family Law
  • Regional (Delaware): Tier 2 in Family Law

Southern California: Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP

  • National: Tier 2 in Litigation – Tax and Tier 3 in International Trade and Finance and Trusts & Estates
  • Regional (Los Angeles): Tier 1 in International Trade and Finance, Health Care, Litigation – Tax; Tier 2 in Tax, Trusts & Estates Law; and Tier 3 in Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Regional (Orange County): Tier 2 in Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law

Washington: Summit Law Group

  • Β National: Tier 2 in Corporate Law, Litigation – Environmental and Litigation – First Amendment; Tier 3 in Appellate, Environmental, Labor Law – Management, Securities / Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation
  • Regional (Seattle): Tier 1 in Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Employment Law – Management, Environmental, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Labor & Employment and Securities / Capital Markets; Tier 2 in Appellate, First Amendment Law, Litigation – First Amendment, Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Regulation; and Tier 3 in Litigation