11-19-2019 Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP named one of the 2020 "Best Law Firms" by U.S. News - Best Lawyers®

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP named one of the 2020 “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®

November 19, 2019

Rochester and Buffalo, NY (Nov. 1, 2019) ─Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP is proud to announce its recognition by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in 2020. The firm was ranked as a Tier 1 firm in 13 practice areas in Rochester and 5 practice areas in Buffalo.

For 2020, almost 16,000 lawyers provided more than 1,229,000 law firm assessments, and more than 12,000 clients participated providing 107,000 evaluations. This is highest number of participating firms and client votes in the history of the “Best Law Firms” publication.

“For the 2020 ‘Best Law Firms’ publication, the evaluation process has remained just as rigorous and discerning as it did when we first started ten years ago.” says Phil Greer, CEO of Best Lawyers. “This year we reviewed 14,931 law firms throughout the United States – across 75 national practice areas – and a total of 2,106 firms received a national law firm ranking. We are proud that the ‘Best Law Firms’ rankings continue to act as an indicator of excellence throughout the legal industry.”

Firms that receive a designation reflect the highest level of respect a firm can earn among other leading lawyers and clients from the same communities and practice areas. Awards were given in 127 metropolitan practice areas.

For 2020, Woods Oviatt was ranked a Tier 1 firm in the following communities and practice areas:

Metropolitan Tier 1

Rochester-NY

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Elder Law
• Land Use & Zoning Law
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Litigation - Real Estate
• Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Litigation - Trusts & Estates
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Buffalo

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Elder Law
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Litigation – Construction