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Nutter Receives Top Rankings in 2025 “Best Law Firms” List by Best Lawyers
Print PDFBest Lawyers has recognized Nutter as a leading law firm in 16 practice areas nationally and in the top tier for Boston in 20 areas in its 2025 “Best Law Firms” survey. The firm was named to the national Tier 1 category for Financial Services Regulation Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) and Trusts and Estates, in addition to receiving national acknowledgement across multiple strategic practice areas. Nutter earned a new national Tier 1 ranking and a Tier 3 ranking in San Francisco in Trusts and Estates in the 2025 edition.
Nutter was ranked as a Tier 1 firm in the following practice categories:
National
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom Energy)
- Trusts and Estates
Boston
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Patent Law
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts and Estates
Southeastern / Cape and Islands Region
- Land Use and Zoning Law
Nutter was recognized in several national Tier 2 categories, including Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Patent Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, and Trademark Law. Nutter also garnered national Tier 3 rankings in Litigation – Real Estate and Venture Capital Law.
In Boston, Nutter ranked in Tier 2 in Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Privacy and Data Security Law, and Venture Capital Law, with a Tier 3 ranking in Litigation – Patent. Nutter also earned Tier 3 rankings in Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Real Estate in New York and Trusts and Estates in San Francisco.
View Nutter’s complete rankings.
Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings are the result of a rigorous evaluation process that includes client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from other leading attorneys in the field, and additional information that was provided by the law firms as a part of the formal submission process.
About Nutter
Nutter is a Boston-based law firm that provides legal counsel to industry-leading companies, entrepreneurs, institutions, and foundations, across the country and the world. The firm’s corporate, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, employment, tax, and private client practices are national in scope. For more information, please visit www.nutter.com and follow the firm on LinkedIn.
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- Affordable Housing and Community Development
- Business Litigation
- Commercial and Real Estate Finance
- Corporate and Transactions
- Counsel for Caregivers
- Development, Land Use and Permitting
- Emerging Companies
- Employee Benefits and ERISA
- Employment
- Environmental, Regulatory and Compliance
- Estate Administration
- Estate Planning for Individuals and Families
- Executive Compensation
- Government Affairs and Public Policy
- Intellectual Property
- IP Litigation
- Labor, Employment and Benefits
- Labor, Employment Litigation
- Leasing
- Licensing and Technology Transactions
- Litigation
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Nonprofit and Social Impact
- Patents
- Privacy and Data Security
- Private Client
- Private Equity
- Product Liability
- Real Estate
- Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental Litigation
- Securities Enforcement and Litigation
- Tax
- Tax Advisory Services
- Trademarks and Brands
- Trust Services
- Venture Capital and Angel Financing
- White Collar Defense