A St. Joseph law firm has garnered high praise and recognition from colleagues and clients alike and has earned a spot among the best in the nation as a result.
For the seventh consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has established an elite listing of the Best Law Firms in the nation, and the St. Joseph Law Firm of Conybeare Law Office is a Metropolitan Tier 1 Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation team for Michigan's Great Southwest.
The firm was initially eligible for selection based on the longtime recognition of Barry Conybeare and Michael Marrs in the Best Lawyers in America rankings and now makes the Best Law Firms list for 2017.
U.S. News says that firms included in the 2017 Best Law Firms list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers alike. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
Tim Smart is Executive Editor at U.S. News & World Report. He says, "U.S. News is the global authority in rankings," adding, "Evaluating law firms is a natural extension of what we do best."
The 2017 rankings are based on the highest number of participating firms and highest number of client ballots on record. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have a lawyer listed in The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4-percent of practicing attorneys in the nation. Over 10,000 attorneys provided more than 800,000 law firm assessments, and over 10,000 clients provided more than 90,000 evaluations.
Steven Naifeh is CEO and co-founder of Best Lawyers. He tells us that for seven years now they have added law firm rankings to rankings of individual lawyers, adding, "It has been a daunting task. This year we reviewed 13,803 law firms across the United States and across 122 practice areas, for a total of 2,005 firms receiving a national law firm ranking. Each year we have expanded our reach while also trying to simplify the process, as much as possible, for the law firms that provide us with the information that we use to create the rankings."
Ranked firms like Conybeare, are presented in tiers and listed on a national and/or metropolitan scale. Receiving a tier designation 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 its abilities, its professionalism and its integrity.
Awards were given in 74 national practice areas and 122 metropolitan practice areas. One "Law Firm of the Year" is named in each of the 74 nationally ranked practice areas.
The 2017 "Best Law Firms" list will be featured in two publications. The national First Tier rankings will be featured in the Third Edition of the "Best Law Firms" Legal Issue, which will be distributed in January to more than 35,000 C-level executives. National and metropolitan First Tier rankings will be featured in the "Best Law Firms" General Counsel Publication, which will be distributed in December to more than 30,000 in-house counsel, and in digital format to more than 60,000 private practice lawyers worldwide.
The 2017 "Best Law Firms" rankings can be seen in their entirely by visiting bestlawfirms.usnews.com.
Conybeare Law Office, which is headquartered at 519 Main Street in St. Joseph, issued a thanks to colleagues and clients for their support, as well as to U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers for the high honor received in their Tier 1 Metropolitan ranking for 2017. The legal team is comprised of Attorneys Barry Conybeare, Robert Ehrenberg, Michael Marrs, Matthew Conklin, Nathaniel Harrington and Sasha Boersma. You can reach Conybeare by phone at 269-983-0561.
