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McGlinchey Moves Up with 52 Practice Areas Recognized in 2025 Best Law Firms
Read Time: 2 minsMcGlinchey is pleased to announce three national practice group rankings and 49 metropolitan practice area rankings in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.
The firm received National Tier 2 rankings in Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation – Banking & Finance, and Commercial Litigation (promoted from Tier 3). These national rankings recognize the breadth of work and strength of the firm’s Financial Institutions Compliance, Financial Services Litigation, and Enterprise Litigation & Investigations teams.
McGlinchey received metropolitan rankings for 49 practice areas, including 18 “Metropolitan Tier One” rankings in Baton Rouge, Cleveland, Jackson, and New Orleans. Nashville was newly added to McGlinchey’s Metropolitan rankings in the 2025 list.
The firm added nine newly recognized practice areas to its rankings in various metropolitan areas for 2025:
- Baton Rouge: Financial Services Regulation Law
- Birmingham: Commercial Litigation
- Cleveland: Corporate Law
- Jacksonville: Corporate Law
- Nashville: Commercial Litigation, Copyright Law, and Entertainment Law – Music
- New Orleans: Insurance Law and Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Four Metropolitan practice areas moved up in rankings for 2025. In New Orleans, Admiralty and Maritime Law was newly promoted to Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking. Three practice areas were promoted to Metropolitan Tier 2: Birmingham: Litigation – Environmental; Cleveland: Real Estate Law; and Jacksonville: Commercial Litigation.
The following practice areas were recognized at the National level:
NATIONAL
- Financial Services Regulation Law (Tier 2)
- Litigation – Banking and Finance (Tier 2)
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 2) *Promoted from Tier 3
The following practice areas were recognized at the Metropolitan level:
BATON ROUGE
- Appellate Practice (Tier 1)
- Banking and Finance Law (Tier 2)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 2)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation (Tier 2)
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law (Tier 1)
- Corporate Law (Tier 3)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Tier 1)
- Financial Services Regulation Law (Tier 1) *New
- Insurance Law (Tier 1)
- Labor Law – Management (Tier 3)
- Litigation – Banking & Finance (Tier 1)
- Litigation – Environmental (Tier 2)
- Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions (Tier 2)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (Tier 1)
BIRMINGHAM
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 2) *New
- Litigation – Environmental (Tier 2) *Promoted from Tier 3
- Tax Law (Tier 2)
BOSTON
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 2)
- Litigation – Banking & Finance (Tier 2)
CLEVELAND
- Corporate Law (Tier 2) *New
- Financial Services Regulation Law (Tier 1)
- Real Estate Law (Tier 2) *Promoted from Tier 3
JACKSON
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
- Litigation – Banking & Finance (Tier 2)
- Litigation – Municipal (Tier 2)
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (Tier 3)
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (Tier 3)
JACKSONVILLE
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 2)
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 2) *Promoted from Tier 3
- Corporate Law (Tier 3) *New
NASHVILLE *Newly listed office
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 3) *New
- Copyright Law (Tier 3) *New
- Entertainment Law – Music (Tier 3) *New
NEW ORLEANS
- Admiralty & Maritime Law (Tier 1) *Promoted from Tier 2
- Banking and Finance Law (Tier 2)
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Tier 2)
- Commercial Litigation (Tier 1)
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Tier 1)
- Employment Law – Management (Tier 2)
- Insurance Law (Tier 3) *New
- Labor Law – Management (Tier 1)
- Litigation – Insurance (Tier 1)
- Litigation – Labor & Employment (Tier 1)
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (Tier 1)
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (Tier 1)
- Public Finance Law (Tier 2)
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law (Tier 2) *New
WASHINGTON, DC
- Tax Law (Tier 3)