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 sixth consecutive year and a Metropolitan Tier 1 Ranking in 18 practice areas in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings.
Christian & Small received the National Tier 3 ranking in the following practice area for 2023:
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Christian & Small received the Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in the following practice areas for 2023:
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
- Family Law
- Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Banking and Finance Law
- Litigation – Securities
- Workman’s Compensation Law – Employers
The 2023 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.
No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.


