McCarter & English is pleased to announce its recognition in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®. The list highlights firms that have demonstrated exceptional professional excellence and earned consistently high valuations from clients and peers.
The firm earned 18 national practice rankings and 88 metropolitan rankings, including 68 Tier 1 rankings in the markets in which we practice.
National Tier 1
- Real Estate Law
National Tier 2
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Patent
- Trademark Law
National Tier 3
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Construction Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Patent Law
- Trusts and Estates
Metropolitan Tier 1
- Boston
- Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Carmel
- Commercial Litigation
- Delaware
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Hartford
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mediation
- Patent Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Miami
- Real Estate Law
- New Jersey
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Health Care Law
- Information Technology Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Health Care
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy – Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mediation
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Stamford
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
- Washington, D.C.
- Energy Law
Metropolitan Tier 2
- Boston
- Commercial Litigation
- Copyright Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Hartford
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Patent
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Miami
- Commercial Litigation
- Government Relations Practice
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- New Jersey
- Appellate Practice
- Energy Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Philadelphia
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Insurance Law
- Stamford
- Commercial Litigation
Metropolitan Tier 3
- Boston
- Delaware
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Hartford
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Miami
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Tax Law
- New Jersey
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- New York City
- Employment Law – Management
- Philadelphia
- Appellate Practice
- Construction Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Stamford
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
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