Law firms included in the 2022 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.
To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must first have a lawyer recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, which recognizes six percent of lawyers practicing in the United States. Blalock Walters has six lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America – Clifford L. Walters, III; Charles F. Johnson; Matthew J. Lapointe; Fred E. Moore; William C. Robinson, Jr. and Mark P. Barnebey.
“U.S. News has more than three decades of experience evaluating key institutions in society and their service to consumers,” said Tim Smart, executive editor at U.S. News. “Law firms perform a vital role, and ranking them is a key extension of our overall mission to help individuals and companies alike make important decisions.”
The 2022 rankings incorporate more than 8.2 million evaluations of more than 115,000 individual leading lawyers from more than 22,000 firms. More than 2,000 firms received a national law firm ranking this year.