Top-Shelf Results For Stoel Rives in 2016 "Best Law Firms" Survey

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Law firm Stoel Rives LLP achieved exceptional results in the 2016 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey published today. Best Law Firms awarded Stoel Rives prestigious national Tier 1 rankings in Construction Law, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Environmental, Litigation-Labor & Employment and Real Estate Law. In addition, the firm achieved 16 national Tier 2 and 10 national Tier 3 rankings in practice areas that include Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, Employment Law-Management, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Mining Law, Oil & Gas Law, Patent and Trademark Law, Tax Law and Appellate Practice. 

Six of the firm’s eligible offices received a collective total of 94 metropolitan Tier 1 rankings.  Stoel Rives also received 34 metropolitan Tier 2 and six metropolitan Tier 3 rankings.

Clients of Stoel Rives cited in the survey praised the firm’s strategic thinking, responsiveness and sound judgment:

“Stoel Rives is very responsive to the client’s needs, and provides a personal touch that lets you know your work is important to them.”

“Stoel Rives attorneys are highly competent, responsive and cost-effective. They think outside the box to come up with strategic, problem-solving game plans. We consider them members of our team.”

“Stoel Rives attorneys provide practical, focused counsel on a wide range of environmental issues. I have been happy to work with their staff in Seattle, Portland, Boise, Salt Lake and Anchorage. They are consistently top-notch.”

“I have worked with Stoel Rives for the past two and a half years and would recommend their services to any company looking for a law firm that provides both legal opinion and practical guidance. We receive timely, well-researched, and thorough responses to all inquiries and are made to feel like one of this firm's most important clients.”

A complete list of the Stoel Rives 2016 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings appears below.

National Rankings

Tier 1

  • Construction Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Real Estate Law

Tier 2

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Communications Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Mining Law
  • Native American Law
  • Oil & Gas Law
  • Patent Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Timber Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Trusts & Estates Law

Tier 3

  • Appellate Practice
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Tax Law
  • Technology Law
  • Venture Capital Law

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Alaska Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law

Tier 2

  • Native American Law
  • Oil & Gas Law
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

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Idaho Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

  • Corporate Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Tier 2

  • Real Estate Law
  • Water Law

Tier 3

  • Commercial Litigation

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Lake Tahoe/Truckee, Calif.

Tier 2 

  • Litigation - Land Use & Zoning

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Minneapolis, Minn., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 2

  • Patent Law

Tier 3

  • Corporate Law

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Portland, Ore., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

  • Antitrust Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Franchise Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Litigation - Tax
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Non-Profit/Charities Law
  • Oil & Gas Law
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Tax Law
  • Technology Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Trusts & Estates Law
  • Venture Capital Law
  • Water Law

Tier 2

  • Advertising Law
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
  • Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Native American Law
  • Patent Law
  • Timber Law

Tier 3

  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Litigation - Banking & Finance
  • Municipal Law
  • Public Finance Law

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Sacramento, Calif., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

  • Construction Law
  • Environmental Law

Tier 2

  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Water Law

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San Francisco, Calif., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 2

  • Real Estate Law

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Seattle, Wash., Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Communications Law
  • Construction Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Environmental Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Oil & Gas Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Trusts & Estates Law

Tier 2

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Energy Law
  • Energy Regulatory Law
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Patent Law
  • Tax Law

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Utah Metropolitan Rankings

Tier 1

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Communications Law
  • Construction Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law – Management
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Patent Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Trademark Law
  • Trusts & Estates Law

Tier 2

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Securities Regulation

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Best Law Firms ranks in tiers by practice area more than 12,000 law firms located in the nation’s leading metropolitan regions, using a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their fields, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.

About Stoel Rives LLP:  Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing corporate and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States.  The firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia.  Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, project development and real estate law.  For more information, visit www.stoel.com.

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