Shipman Ranked Among "Best Law Firms®" for 2025

Best Lawyers has named Shipman & Goodwin LLP as one of its "Best Law Firms®" for 2025 in 32 practice areas across three metropolitan areas. The firm received these high rankings based on positive rating by clients and peers for the quality and breadth of its legal experience. Achieving a tiered "Best Law Firms®" ranking signals a "unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Ranked firms, presented in three tiers, are recognized on a national and regional-based scale. All three tier rankings represent the highest-level feedback a firm can receive and demonstrate the best in the legal industry across the United States."

 

The firm garnered 23 Tier 1 distinctions in three metropolitan districts in the following practice areas:

 

Hartford
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: General Practice
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Education Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Management
Health Care Law
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Insurance
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates

 

New Haven
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Municipal Law
Real Estate Law

Stamford
Real Estate Law

 

The firm also earned the following Tier 2 honors in 7 areas of law:

 

Hartford
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Construction Law
Equipment Finance Law

 

New Haven
Litigation - Real Estate

 

Stamford
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Corporate Law

 

Shipman earned Tier 3 honors in 2 areas of law:

 

Hartford
Litigation – Patent

 

Stamford
Litigation – Real Estate