2014 U.S. News-Best Lawyers® Rankings

For a fourth consecutive year, K&L Gates has been ranked among the top two law firms with the most first-tier rankings in the annual U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” survey. Earning more than 200 first-tier rankings in offices and practices across the United States, K&L Gates also received the publication’s national “Law Firm of the Year” distinction, given to only one firm in each national practice area, for Securities Regulation and for Criminal Defense: White Collar.

In addition to 167 metropolitan and state first-tier rankings, K&L Gates was recognized with 36 national first-tier rankings. Of these national first-tier rankings, the Consumer Financial Services practice was acknowledged within the Banking and Finance Law and Financial Services Regulation Law categories.

To make this list, clients and peers evaluate firms in areas including expertise, responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness, integrity, and civility, as well as whether they would refer a matter to the firm or consider the firm a worthy competitor.

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