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Jackson Kelly PLLC Ranked Law Firm of the Year in Mining Law by 2020 U.S. News-Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms™'
November 1, 2019
Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that U.S. News-Best Lawyers ‘Best Law Firms™’ named the firm the 2020 Law Firm of the Year in Mining Law. Only one law firm per legal practice area receives this recognition. Additionally, the firm received National Tier 1 recognition – the highest possible ranking – in the areas of Mining Law and Natural Resources Law.
“Best Law Firm” bestowed a national ranking in Energy Law, as well as 85 Metropolitan area rankings. The “Best Law Firms” publication is a collaboration between U.S. News & World Report and the prestigious “Best Lawyers” peer review guide. For its tenth annual edition, “Best Law Firms” ranked U.S. law firms in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan practice areas.
“This recognition highlights our commitment to providing clients with the highest quality of care while demonstrating our diverse legal expertise,” stated Ellen S. Cappellanti, the firm's Managing Member. “Our attorneys are exceptional at what they do.”
Jackson Kelly received the following Tier 1 “Best Law Firms” Metropolitan area rankings:
Tier 1 – Akron, Ohio
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation – Construction
Tier 1 – Charleston, W.Va.
• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Compliance Law
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Health Care Law
• Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Labor & Employment
• Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil & Gas Law
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Project Finance Law
• Public Finance Law
• Real Estate Law
• Tax Law
• Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Tier 1 – Colorado
• Mining Law
Tier 1 – Evansville
• Corporate Law
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
Tier 1 – Indianapolis
• Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Tier 1 – Lexington, Ky.
• Construction Law
• Environmental Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Tier 1 – Morgantown, W.Va.
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law - Management
• Health Care Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Trusts & Estates
• Public Finance Law
• Trusts & Estates Law
• Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Tier 1 – Pittsburgh
• Mining Law
• Natural Resources Law
The “Best Law Firms” list recognizes firms for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in the annual The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 5 percent of practicing attorneys in the United States.
National Reputation. Industry Insight. Client Focus. Jackson Kelly PLLC is a national law firm with more than 160 attorneys located in eleven offices throughout Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington, DC. Focusing on clients' industry-specific needs, the Firm serves a wide variety of corporate and public clients and enjoys a national reputation in business, labor and employment, litigation, government contracts, tax, safety and health, permitting, natural resource and environmental law.