Best Lawyers has awarded Shook five National Tier 1 rankings in the Best Lawyers in America 2025 report of “Best Law Firms.” Shook’s Appellate Practice moved up to a Tier 1 ranking joining four other litigation services. The appellate group has successfully represented parties in numerous substantive areas and played a key role in developing potential revisions to federal and state court rules. Shook’s Class Action and Appellate Practice is led by Partners Tristan Duncan, Michael Mallow, Amir Nassihi and Florida/Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Team Chair, Dan Rogers.
Shook’s complete 2025 Tier 1 National rankings include the following practices:
- Appellate Practice*
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Environmental
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants
- Patent Law
Best Lawyers ranked Shook’s Denver office for commercial litigation for the first time. “In our first ten years in the Denver office, we have continued to build out our local capabilities and support clients with commercial and liability litigation, data privacy, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, product safety and risk avoidance,” said Denver Managing Partner Paul Williams.
In addition, Best Lawyers awarded Shook with multiple Tier 1 Metropolitan rankings, totaling 63 recognitions in all. This marks a significant increase from the firms previous year’s 39 rankings.
Shook’s 2025 Tier 1 Metropolitan rankings include the following:
Atlanta
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Patent Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law*
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Antitrust*
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Patent
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Patent Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Trademark Law
- Appellate Practice*
- Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants*
- Mediation
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants*
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants*
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Patent Law
- Technology Law*
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants*
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
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