Spencer Fane is proud to announce that the firm earned a total of 287 rankings in the 2026 Best Law Firm rankings from Best Lawyers, including 13 Tier 1 national rankings and 111 Tier 1 regional rankings.
Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer reviews from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. U.S. News publishes the rankings with Best Lawyers, which also separately recognizes individual lawyers in the industry. Earlier this year, Best Lawyers honored over 420 firm attorneys, the highest concentration of any Am Law 200 firm.
National Rankings
- Tier 1:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Tier 2:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Franchise Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Trademark Law
- Tier 3:
- Appellate Practice
- Labor Law – Management
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Patent Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
Regional Rankings
Austin, Texas
- Tier 1:
- Energy Law
- Tier 2:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Health Care Law
- Tier 3:
- Utilities Law
Columbia, Missouri
- Tier 1:
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Government Relations Practice
- Tier 2:
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
Dallas, Texas
- Tier 1:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Real Estate Law
- Trademark Law
- Tier 2:
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Oil and Gas Law
- Tier 3:
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Denver, Colorado
- Tier 1:
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Insurance
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tier 2:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Environmental Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Trusts and Estates
- Tier 3:
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Franchise Law
- Litigation – Health Care
- Natural Resources Law
Greenville, South Carolina
- Tier 1:
- Litigation – Insurance
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Houston, Texas
- Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Management
- Family Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Real Estate Law
- Tier 2:
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Mediation
- Patent Law
- Tier 3:
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Trusts and Estates
Kansas City, Missouri
- Tier 1:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Environmental Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – ERISA
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Tier 2:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Construction Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Patent Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Water Law
- Tier 3:
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Tax Law
Las Vegas, Nevada
- Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Tier 2:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
- Tier 3:
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Tier 1:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Tier 3:
- Corporate Law
- Tax Law
Nashville, Tennessee
- Tier 1:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- DUI / DWI Defense
- Education Law
- Health Care Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Real Estate Law
- Tier 2:
- Corporate Governance Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Health Care
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Trademark Law
- Tier 3:
- Commercial Finance Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Government Relations Practice
- Tier 2:
- Employment Law – Management
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Tier 3:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Civil Rights Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Oil and Gas Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Omaha, Nebraska
- Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Overland Park, Kansas
- Tier 1:
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Health Care Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – ERISA
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Tier 2:
- Employment Law – Management
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Tax Law
Phoenix, Arizona
- Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Family Law
- Franchise Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Tier 2:
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Corporate Governance Law
- Family Law Mediation
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Water Law
- Tier 3:
- Commercial Finance Law
- Environmental Law
- Securities Regulation
Salt Lake City, Utah
- Tier 1:
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Water Law
- Tier 2:
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Franchise Law
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – First Amendment
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Tier 3:
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Patent
San Jose, California
- Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Tier 1:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Tier 2:
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Tier 3:
- Corporate Law
- Oil and Gas Law
Springfield, Missouri
- Tier 1:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Real Estate Law
- Tier 3:
- Land Use and Zoning Law
St. Louis, Missouri
- Tier 1:
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Tier 2:
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Franchise Law
- Health Care Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Trademark Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Tier 3:
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Litigation – Patent
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Patent Law
Tampa, Florida
- Tier 1:
- Real Estate Law
- Tier 3:
- Commercial Litigation