NEW YORK – Nov. 7, 2024 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP received the most overall metro tier one rankings, with 281 metro rankings, in the 2025 Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” report for the 14th consecutive year. With 41 national tier one rankings, the firm also has received the second most national tier one rankings. With 322 total tier one rankings, both metro and national, Greenberg Traurig has the most combined tier one rankings this year.
Additionally, the firm was recognized as “Law Firm of the Year” in Trusts and Estates. Only one firm is awarded this recognition for each national practice area.
According to Best Lawyers®, firms included in the 2025 “Best Law Firms” are recognized for “professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.” Achieving a tiered ranking “reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.” The 2025 Best Law Firms national rankings cover 75 practice areas, and 127 practice areas are covered on the metropolitan lists.
The 2025 rankings are based on the highest lawyer and firm participation to date, incorporating 23 million evaluations of more than 118,000 individual leading lawyers from more than 22,000 firms. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have at least one lawyer recognized in the 32nd edition of The Best Lawyers in America® list for that location and specialty.
Earlier in 2024, Greenberg Traurig was honored with the most attorneys listed in the combined 2025 editions of Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch publications.
A full listing of the firm’s top rankings follows.
Greenberg Traurig received a first-tier national ranking in each of the following 41 practice areas:
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Appellate Practice |
Litigation – Intellectual Property |
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Banking and Finance Law |
Litigation – Labor and Employment |
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Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Litigation – Patent |
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Commercial Litigation |
Litigation – Real Estate |
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Copyright Law |
Litigation – Securities |
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Corporate Law |
Litigation and Controversy – Tax |
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Criminal Defense: White-Collar |
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants |
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Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
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Energy Law |
Native American Law |
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Environmental Law |
Oil and Gas Law |
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Franchise Law |
Patent Law |
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Health Care Law |
Public Finance Law |
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Immigration Law |
Real Estate Law |
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Information Technology Law |
Securities / Capital Markets Law |
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International Trade and Finance Law |
Securities Regulation |
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Labor Law – Management |
Tax Law |
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Land Use and Zoning Law |
Technology Law |
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Litigation – Banking and Finance |
Trademark Law |
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Litigation – Bankruptcy |
Trusts and Estates |
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Litigation – Construction |
Venture Capital Law |
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Litigation – Environmental |
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Greenberg Traurig received one or more first-tier metropolitan rankings in each of the following 71 practice areas:
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Administrative / Regulatory Law |
Litigation - Antitrust |
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Appellate Practice |
Litigation - Banking and Finance |
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Banking and Finance Law |
Litigation - Bankruptcy |
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Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law |
Litigation - Construction |
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Bet-the-Company Litigation |
Litigation - Environmental |
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Commercial Finance Law |
Litigation - Health Care |
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Commercial Litigation |
Litigation - Intellectual Property |
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Construction Law |
Litigation - Labor and Employment |
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Copyright Law |
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning |
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Corporate Governance Law |
Litigation - Municipal |
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Corporate Law |
Litigation - Patent |
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Criminal Defense: White-Collar |
Litigation - Real Estate |
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Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law |
Litigation - Securities |
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Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law |
Litigation - Trusts and Estates |
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Employment Law - Management |
Litigation and Controversy - Tax |
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Energy Law |
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants |
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Energy Regulatory Law |
Media Law |
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Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television |
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants |
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Entertainment Law - Music |
Mergers and Acquisitions Law |
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Environmental Law |
Native American Law |
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Equipment Finance Law |
Natural Resources Law |
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Financial Services Regulation Law |
Oil and Gas Law |
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Franchise Law |
Patent Law |
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Gaming Law |
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants |
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Government Relations Practice |
Privacy and Data Security Law |
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Health Care Law |
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants |
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Immigration Law |
Public Finance Law |
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Information Technology Law |
Real Estate Law |
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Insurance Law |
Securities / Capital Markets Law |
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International Arbitration - Commercial |
Securities Regulation |
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International Mergers and Acquisitions |
Tax Law |
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International Trade and Finance Law |
Technology Law |
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Labor Law - Management |
Trademark Law |
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Land Use and Zoning Law |
Trusts and Estates |
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Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants |
Venture Capital Law |
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Leisure and Hospitality Law |
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Greenberg Traurig was also ranked nationally and by metropolitan area for the following 17 practice areas:
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Admiralty and Maritime Law |
FDA Law |
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Advertising Law |
Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs |
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Arbitration |
Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law |
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Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice |
Litigation - First Amendment |
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Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) |
Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions |
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Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law |
Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) |
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Communications Law |
Sports Law |
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Corporate Compliance Law |
Water Law |
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Family Law |
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About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2750 attorneys in 48 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: www.gtlaw.com.