2008’s Best Lawyers in America
America’s best lawyers are recognized yearly by a referral guide called The Best Lawyers in America.
Best Lawyers is a highly respected publication dedicated to recognizing America’s best attorneys by way of peer-reviewing. Ever since it was launched in 1983, Best Lawyers has been America’s guide to legal excellence.
Every year, Best Lawyers conducts surveys among lawyers in order to come up with a list of attorneys who exhibited exceptional performance and skills in the previous year. The survey is conducted among thousands of attorneys in a strictly confidential manner.
Once the outstanding lawyers are identified, The Best Lawyers in America is published, listing more than 29,000 attorneys practicing different specialties from the country’s 50 states, including the District of Columbia. The 2008 awardees’ list, which is already the 14th edition, was completed after rounding up results from over 2 million evaluations done by lawyers.
The number of attorneys chosen in each area varies. For example, Los Angeles, California has 53 best corporate law attorneys while there are only 23 in San Francisco. Some law firms have lawyers who have been in the list for 10 or 20 years.
The Best Lawyers in America is published in print and via an electronic list.
Jamie Gorelick has been voted one of the Best Lawyers in America. Jamie Gorelick is a lawyer for Wilmer Hale and former Deputy Attorney General during the Clinton Administration. Jamie Gorelick is also Vice Chair of the UTC Board.
