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Christian & Small Earns 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® National Tier 3, Metropolitan Tier 1 “Best Law Firm” Rankings

November 05, 2021

Christian & Small is pleased to announce that it has once again earned a National Tier 3 Ranking for Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions - Defendants for the fifth consecutive year and a Metropolitan Tier 1 Ranking in 18 practice areas in the 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers' “Best Law Firms” rankings. Six new practice areas are added to the firm’s Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking for 2022: Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation,  Construction Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law, and Transportation Law. Six new practices are added to the firm's Metropolitan Tier 2 ranking for 2022: Arbitration, Banking and Finance Law, Employment Law - Management, Family Law, Litigation - Land Use & Zoning, Litigation Real Estate.

Christian & Small received the National Tier 3 ranking in the following practice area for 2022:

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Christian & Small received the Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in the following practice areas for 2020:
Metropolitan Tier 1

  • Appellate Practice
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction
  • Family Law Mediation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Banking & Finance
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Mortgage Banking & Foreclosure Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Transportation Law

Christian & Small also was recognized in the following practice areas for Metropolitan Tier 2 and Tier 3 rankings:
Metropolitan Tier 2

  • Arbitration
  • Banking & Finance Law
  • Employment Law  - Management
  • Family Law
  • Litigation - Land Use  & Zoning
  • Litigation - Real Estate

Metropolitan Tier 3

  • Litigation - Securities
  • Workman's Compensation Law - Employers

The 2022 edition of “Best Law Firms” rankings incorporate more than 8.2 million evaluations of more than  115,000 individual leading lawyers from more than 22,000 firms. Achieving a tiered ranking in U.S. News - Best Lawyers® signals a  unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.  Ranked firms, presented in three tiers, are recognized on a national and regional-based scale. Firms that receive a tier designation reflect the highest level of respect a firm can earn among other leading lawyers and clients from the same communities and practice areas.

About Christian & Small

Christian & Small LLP represents a diverse clientele throughout Alabama, the Southeast, and the nation with clients ranging from individuals and closely-held businesses to Fortune 500 corporations. By matching highly experienced lawyers with specific client needs, Christian & Small develops innovative, effective, and efficient solutions for clients. With offices in Birmingham, metro-Jackson, Mississippi, and the Alabama Gulf Coast, Christian & Small focuses on the areas of litigation and business, is a member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, and is the only Alabama-based member firm in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Our corporate social responsibility program is focused on education, and diversity is one of Christian & Small's core values.

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