Twelve Kramer Levin practice areas and 27 attorneys were recognized as some of the best in the legal industry by the 2009 Legal 500.

The following practice groups received top rankings:

  • Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
  • Finance : Corporate restructuring
  • Investment fund formation and management : Mutual/registered funds
  • Labor and employment : Immigration
  • Litigation : Leading trial lawyers
  • Litigation : White-collar criminal defense – full service
  • Media, technology and telecoms : Marketing and advertising – litigation
  • Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust – New York
  • Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: national firms – middle-market
  • Real estate and construction : New York: land use and zoning
  • Real estate and construction : New York: transactions
  • Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast