(CHICAGO) Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that many of the firm’s practice areas have been nationally recognized and that it received top rankings in the Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas as part of the 2013 U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® “Best Law Firms” rankings.

Katten’s national practice rankings expanded to include Health Care Law, Public Finance Law and Tax Law, and 10 additional practice areas were added to the metropolitan area rankings in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.

“This is a great compliment to the many incredibly skilled and dedicated lawyers that make up our firm,” said Vincent A. F. Sergi, Katten’s national managing partner. “It also speaks to the breadth of experience and talent our attorneys offer across a wide range of practice areas.”

Additionally, Katten was named “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation – Real Estate as part of these rankings.

The U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® “Best Law Firms” rankings include nearly 10,000 firms in 119 practice areas in 177 metropolitan areas and 7 states. They are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. In addition, the rankings incorporate the 3.9 million evaluations of more than 40,000 individual leading lawyers collected from the most recent Best Lawyers® annual survey.

Katten was ranked in the following areas:

NATIONAL RANKINGS

Tier 1

Derivatives and Futures Law
Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television
Health Care Law
Litigation – Real Estate
Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law
Public Finance Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates Law

Tier 2

Banking and Finance Law
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law
Environmental Law
Litigation – ERISA
Litigation – Patent
Litigation – Securities
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Private Equity Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Securitization and Structured Finance Law

Tier 3
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Insurance Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Litigation – Environmental
Litigation – Intellectual Property

METROPOLITAN RANKINGS

Tier 1
Charlotte
Family Law
Real Estate Law

Chicago
Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Governmental Investigations
Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Litigation
Derivatives and Futures Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Health Care Law
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Litigation – Securities
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Private Equity Law
Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law
Public Finance Law
Real Estate Law
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation
Tax Law

Los Angeles
Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television
Trusts & Estates Law

New York City
Commercial Litigation
Health Care Law
Litigation – Eminent Domain & Condemnation
Tax Law
Trusts & Estates Law

Washington, D.C.
Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Governmental Investigations
Environmental Law
Litigation – Environmental
Litigation – Real Estate

Tier 2
Charlotte
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy

Chicago
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Corporate Governance Law
Insurance Law
Litigation – ERISA
Litigation – Patent
Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Trusts & Estates Law

Los Angeles
Litigation – Securities
Litigation – Trusts & Estates
Real Estate Law

New York City
Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures & Television
Litigation – Environmental
Litigation – Real Estate
Litigation – Securities
Real Estate Law

Washington, D.C.
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Litigation
Real Estate Law

Tier 3
Chicago
Litigation – Bankruptcy

Los Angeles
Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Governmental Investigations
Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Litigation
Entertainment Law – Music