Accolades & Rankings

2010

McDermott ranks among the United States’ leading firms in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA with 56 national and state practice area rankings, including 12 band one rankings and 13 band two rankings. 153 McDermott lawyers received individual recognitions.  (June 2010)

McDermott is recognized as "Health Team of the Year" by Chambers USA 2010.  (June 2010)

McDermott is recognized as one of the United States’ leading law firms in the 2010 edition of the Legal 500 United States.  The Firm performed strongly with a total of 25 Firm rankings and 95 different mentions of individual lawyers.  (June 2009)

McDermott ranked among the top 10 trademark firms in Intellectual Property Today’s annual Top Trademark Firms survey.  (May 2010)

McDermott is ranked 16th among the Year End 2009 Top 100 Trademark Law Firms by Trademark Insider.  (May 2010)

McDermott receives with the Lilly Global Sustained Supplier Award from Eli Lilly and Company.  (April 2010)

MWE China Law Offices selected by Asian Legal Business China as a 2010 Employer of Choice.  (April 2010)

McDermott is ranked among the most active patent prosecution law firms by Intellectual Property Today’s Top Patent Firms survey.  (April 2010)

McDermott receives the United Way 2009 Great Beginnings Award.  (April 2010)

McDermott is selected for The National Law Journal’s Appellate Hot List 2010.  (April 2010)

McDermott is named a leading intellectual property firm by Managing Intellectual Property.  (March 2010)

The Firm ranks among the world’s leading tax practices in International Tax Review’s 2010 edition of its World Tax guide.  (March 2010)

McDermott is named among the top global law firms for 2010 by the legal directory PLC Which Lawyer?  The handbook ranks McDermott in 42 practice areas and singles out 48 of its lawyers in the United States, Europe and China for individual recognition—42 of whom were previously listed in the guide in 2009.  (March 2010)

MWE China Law Offices wins the Best Tax Law Award, the Best Anti-Monopoly Law Award, the Company Law Business Award for Excellence and the Securities Law Business Award in the Evaluation of 2008–2009 Outstanding Lawyers and Outstanding Law Firms organized by the Shanghai Bureau of Justice.  (February 2010)

The Firm is named to American Lawyer’s Honor Roll in the publication’s biannual Litigation Department of the Year issue.  (January 2010)

McDermott is named a Go-To Law Firm in the seventh annual edition of Corporate Counsel’s legal reference guide, In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies.  (January 2010)

 

2009

TopLegal Awards has recognized McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato in its International Law Firm of the Year and Antitrust Firm of the Year categories.  (November 2009)

League tables have consistently listed McDermott’s M&A practice among the top 20 for more than three years and—in addition to its strong showing in Europe and Canada—the Firm continues its year-to-date rankings climb in the number of deals involving U.S. companies.  (November 2009)

American Lawyer ranks McDermott as the 23rd largest law firm globally in its AmLaw Global 100 survey.  (October 2009)

Several of the Firm’s practice groups are named as top national and state litigation practices in Benchmark Litigation:  The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys (3rd edition).  A number of the Firm’s lawyers are also recognized at the national and state levels.  (October 2009)

McDermott’s restructuring and insolvency practice is included among the nation’s top legal providers in the 2010 edition of the IFLR1000.  (October 2009)

Fourteen of the Firm’s practice areas and 17 of its partners are recognized in The Legal 500 UK 2009.  (September 2009)

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has named McDermott a “Best Place to Work" in the United States for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals for four consecutive years.  The Firm’s selection reflects its 100 percent score on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index.  (September 2009)

The Firm is named a leading provider of intellectual property services for Fortune 100 companies in Corporate Counsel’s “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies:  The 2009 Survey.”  (August 2009)

The American Bar Association has honored McDermott with its 2009 Pro Bono Publico Award for the Firm’s work as a coordinating and participating law firm in the Holocaust Survivors Justice Network.  (July 2009)

The Firm ranks among the nation’s leading law firms in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA with 47 national and state practice area rankings, including 9 Tier 1 and 14 Tier 2 rankings.  (June 2009)

McDermott is recognized as one of the country's leading law firms in the 2009 edition of The Legal 500 United States.  The Firm is ranked in 20 practice areas, including three Tier 1 rankings for its employee benefits, patent litigation (International Trade Commission) and tax (employee benefits) practices.  (June 2009)

McDermott ranks as a leading firm in Intellectual Property Today's Top Trademark Firms survey.  (May 2009)

IP Law & Business ranks McDermott as one of the most active firms before the International Trade Commission.  (May 2009)

MWE China Law Offices is recognized as the Rising Law Firm of the Year by ALB China Law Awards.  (May 2009)

McDermott ranks as a leading law firm for minority lawyers in the Minority Law Journal annual diversity scorecard.  (May 2009)

McDermott is one of five law firms to receive the annual Safe Haven Award from Immigration Equality, a national organization that works to advance equality under U.S. immigration law for LGBT and HIV-positive individuals.  (May 2009)

The Firm’s copyright practice ranks among the top law firms in Managing Intellectual Property's World IP Survey.  (April 2009)

International Tax Review's World Tax 2009 guide highly ranks McDermott’s tax practice.  (April 2009)

The Firm's intellectual property practice is ranked nationally as a leading trademark practice for both trademark prosecution and trademark contentious work in Managing Intellectual Property's World IP Survey.  (March 2009)

The Firm ranks as one of the most active patent prosecution firms in Intellectual Property Today's annual Top Patent Firms survey.  (March 2009)

McDermott is ranked in the 2009 edition of the Chambers Global Guide.  Of special note, the Firm's intellectual property practice ranks in the first tier globally.  (March 2009)

Managing Intellectual Property's 2009 World IP Survey ranks the Firm’s intellectual property practice as a leading firm in the United States for patent prosecution, patent contentious work and bio life sciences.  In the United Kingdom, McDermott is recognized for its patent contentious work.  (February 2009)

 

2008

McDermott's M&A practice continues its recognition as a global player as the practice group secured rankings in the major M&A league tables in 2008.  League tables have consistently ranked McDermott’s M&A practice among the top 20 for the past three years.  (November 2008)

A number of McDermott lawyers are recognized among the top litigation practitioners in Benchmark Litigation:  The Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys.  (September 2008)

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has named McDermott a “Best Place to Work" in the United States for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals for three consecutive years.  The Firm’s selection reflects its 100 percent score on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index.  (September 2008)

The Firm ranks as a leading provider of intellectual property services for the Fortune 100 in Corporate Counsel's Who Represents America's Biggest Companies survey.  (September 2008)

IP Law & Business’s annual patent litigation survey recognizes McDermott as one of the most active patent litigation firms.  (July 2008)

The Firm is recognized by The Legal 500 United States 2008 among the leading law firms in the areas of finance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, mergers, acquisitions and buyouts, and tax.  (June 2008)

The Firm ranks among the nation’s leading law firms in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA.  (June 2008)

IP Law & Business ranks McDermott as one of the most active firms before the International Trade Commission.  (June 2008)

McDermott is ranked as a leading law firm in Intellectual Property Today's Top Trademark Firms survey.  (May 2008)

The Firm ranks as a leading U.S. copyright firm in Managing Intellectual Property's World IP Survey.  (April 2008)

McDermott was short-listed for the U.S. Law Firm in Europe award, presented by the International Tax Review as part of its fourth annual European Tax Awards.  McDermott was one of three firms to be short-listed for the award.  (April 2008)

The National Law Journal has selected McDermott as one of 20 law firms to appear on its 2008 Appellate Hot List.  (April 2008)

McDermott was recognized in the American Lawyer annual Corporate Scorecard for the work done in 2007 by the Firm’s private equity, financial advisory and M&A practices.  (April 2008)

McDermott's intellectual property practice ranks as a top-tier U.S. firm for trademark contentious work and trademark prosecution and counseling in Managing Intellectual Property's World IP Survey.  (March 2008)

McDermott is the winner of International Financial Law Review's Restructuring Deal of the Year 2008.  (March 2008)

McDermott ranks among the top five firms for 2007 investment banker representations by Corporate Control Alert.  (March 2008)

McDermott is ranked as one of the most active patent prosecution firms in Intellectual Property Today's annual Top Patent Firms survey.  (March 2008)

Managing Intellectual Property’s 2008 World IP Survey ranks McDermott as a leading firm in the United States for patent prosecution, patent contentious work and bio life sciences.  In the United Kingdom, McDermott is recognized for its patent contentious work.  (February 2008)

McDermott ranks in International Tax Review’s World Tax 2008.  (January 2008)

In American Lawyer's Litigation Department of the Year issue, the Firm is recognized for its record of outstanding results for clients in high-stakes disputes and for the notable depth and breadth of talent that the Firm demonstrated in 2006 and 2007.  (January 2008)