Additionally, the Firm had 74 areas of law named in the publication’s metropolitan rankings, including 51 in Tier 1.
Jackson Kelly has been well recognized through the years by Best Lawyers®, including five times being named National Mining Law Firm of the Year.
See the full 2025 Metropolitan and Tier breakdown below.
National Tier 2
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- Mining Law
- Natural Resources Law
Metropolitan Tier 1
- Akron
- Oil and Gas Law
- Charleston-WV
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Mining Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Project Finance Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Evansville
- Health Care Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Lexington
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Morgantown
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Mediation
- Public Finance Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Akron
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- Charleston-WV
- Labor Law – Management
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Colorado
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Evansville
- Corporate Law
- Lexington
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Tax Law
- Morgantown
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Finance Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Tax Law
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Lexington
- Litigation – Health Care