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Fisher and Phillips Columbia Office Earns Metropolitan First-Tier Ranking From Premiere U.S. News and World Report – Best Lawyer

Submitted by: Rachael Renken on Sep 15, 2010 at 5:22 pm Tagged with: best laywers, columbia labor law, Fisher & Phillips, law announcement, u.s. news and world report Source: Fisher & Phillips

COLUMBIA, S.C. (September 15, 2010) – Fisher & Phillips LLP announced today that the law firm’s Columbia office has received a “Metropolitan First-Tier Ranking” from U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers. In addition to this local recognition — which weighed survey data about 10,659 firms in 171 metropolitan areas — the firm received a “First-Tier Ranking” for management-side labor and employment law on a national level. 2010 marks the first year U.S. News & World Report has partnered with Best Lawyers to issue these types of rankings.

“Both U.S. News & Report and Best Lawyers have developed a reputation for thorough, insightful rankings, and we feel that our firm’s inclusion recognizes our attorneys’ commitment to client service on both a local and national level,” said Jonathan P. Pearson, managing partner of the Columbia office.

Fisher & Phillips is one of the largest law firms in the United States dedicated solely to representing employers in labor and employment matters. The firm has more than 225 attorneys in 23 offices. In addition to Columbia, other offices to receive “Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings” include Atlanta, Irvine, CA, Las Vegas, Louisville, Fort Lauderdale, New Orleans, Orlando, Portland, ME and Portland, OR. The New Orleans office also received a “First-Tier Ranking” for Employee Benefits Law.

The methodology for the U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" involved surveying thousands of law firm clients; leading lawyers and law firm managers; partners and associates; and marketing officers and recruiting officers. Each were asked what factors they considered vital for clients hiring law firms, for lawyers choosing a firm to refer a legal matter to, and for lawyers seeking employment.

Surveys went to 52,480 clients; 43,900 lawyers, including every U.S. lawyer listed in Best Lawyers; 2,314 marketing officers and 2,322 recruiting officers as well as to 8,597 firms without marketing- or recruiting-office contacts. Associate surveys went to 2,322 firm associates and 1,775 summer associates. The marketing-officer, recruiting-officer, associate, and summer-associate surveys included a total of 724 questions.

Every Fortune 100 company and 587 of the Fortune 1000 companies provided 194,370 firm practice-area evaluations; 6,190 clients provided 11,181 comments about law firm practice areas and individual lawyers; and 8,842 lawyers provided 594,012 firm practice-area evaluations.

In addition to information from these surveys, the rankings incorporate the 3.1 million evaluations of 39,372 individual leading lawyers collected by Best Lawyers in its most recent annual survey. Fisher & Phillips placed 54 attorneys in the most recent elite group.

About Fisher & Phillips LLP (www.laborlawyers.com)
Fisher & Phillips LLP represents employers nationally in labor, employment, civil rights, employee benefits and immigration matters. The firm has more than 225 attorneys in 23 offices. Founded in 1943, it is one of the largest U.S. law firms to concentrate its practice exclusively upon representation of employers in labor and employment matters. In addition to its Columbia office, the firm has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Irvine, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, New Jersey, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland ME, Portland OR, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa, and Washington D.C.

About the U.S. News Media Group
The U.S. News Media Group is a multi-platform digital publisher of news and analysis, which includes the monthly U.S. News & World Report magazine, the digital-only U.S. News Weekly magazine, www.usnews.com, and www.rankingsandreviews.com. Focusing on Health, Money & Business, Education, and Public Service/Opinion, the U.S. News Media Group has earned a reputation as the leading provider of service news and information that improves the quality of life of its readers. The U.S. News Media Group’s signature franchises include its News You Can Use® brand of journalism and its series of consumer guides that include rankings of colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, health plans, and more.

About Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers is the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. For a quarter century, the company has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. The 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes 39,709 lawyers covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia and is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. At www.BestLawyers.com, Best Lawyers also publishes peer-reviewed listings of lawyers in most of the world’s major legal markets. Best Lawyers lists are excerpted in a wide range of general interest, business and legal publications worldwide, reaching an audience of more than 17 million readers.