Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC is pleased to announce it has been ranked in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® in the following four areas:
Metropolitan Awards
Tier 1, Wilmington-NC, Litigation – Labor & Employment
Tier 1, Wilmington-NC, Real Estate Law
Tier 1, Wilmington-NC, Trusts & Estates Law
Tier 2, Wilmington-NC, Health Care Law
A press release issued by the publisher of the “Best Law Firms” list and rankings is below:
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U.S. News – Best Lawyers® releases 2016 “Best Law Firms” list
WASHINGTON – November 2, 2015 – U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, for the sixth consecutive year, announce the “Best Law Firms” rankings. Firms included in the 2016 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. “For more than 30 years, U.S. News has ranked a wide range of institutions,” says Tim Smart, executive editor of U.S. News & World Report. “Law firms are an integral part of our rankings and complement our law school rankings.” The 2016 rankings are based on the highest number of participating firms and highest number of client ballots on record. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have a lawyer listed in The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S. Over 21,000 attorneys provided almost 700,000 law firm assessments, and over 8,000 clients provided more than 47,000 evaluations. “We have been ranking law firms for six years now,” says Steven Naifeh, CEO and co-founder of Best Lawyers. “We are proud that we have undertaken this challenging and important task so diligently and with such care that the legal profession has come to view our tens of thousands of rankings each year with widespread respect.” Ranked firms, presented in tiers, are listed on a national and/or metropolitan scale. Receiving a tier designation reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for its abilities, its professionalism and its integrity. Awards were given in 74 national practice areas and 122 metropolitan practice areas. One “Law Firm of the Year” is named in each of the 74 nationally ranked practice areas. The 2016 “Best Law Firms” list will be featured in two publications. The national First Tier rankings will be featured in the Third Edition of the “Best Law Firms” Legal Issue, which will be distributed in January to more than 35,000 C-level executives. National and metropolitan First Tier rankings will be featured in the “Best Law Firms” General Counsel Publication, which will be distributed in December to more than 30,000 in-house counsel, and in digital format to more than 60,000 private practice lawyers worldwide.
The 2016 “Best Law Firms” rankings can be seen in their entirety by visiting bestlawfirms.usnews.com.
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About Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC
Murchison, Taylor & Gibson, PLLC is a widely recognized and respected provider of professional legal services located in the heart of downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. The firm and its attorneys have deep roots in New Hanover County and Eastern North Carolina, and have been serving the community and clients for more than five decades. The stability and continuity of the firm and its lawyers provide depth and perspective that enable us to take into account both the immediate and long-term interests of our clients, and have also resulted in knowledge and experience born of participation in substantial and varied legal matters.