Detroit law firm receives first tier ranking

Corbet, Shaw, Essad & Tucciarone was ranked as one of the "Best Law Firms" in the practice area of Medical Malpractice- Defendants by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, in their inaugural law firm ranking.

The Tier 1 ranking of Corbet, Shaw, Essad & Tucciarone is based on surveys of clients and lawyers who were asked to rate the law firms they consider best in their practice areas. Nationally, responses came from every Fortune 100 company and 587 of the Fortune 1000 companies. The rankings also reflect more than 3.1 million evaluations of individual lawyers, from the most recent Best Lawyers survey.

According to U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, "Achieving a high ranking is a special distinction that signals a unique combination of excellence and breadth of expertise."

Corbet, Shaw, Essad & Tucciarone represents businesses and individuals in complex civil, commercial and corporate litigation matters. The firm's attorneys have a strong record of success in product and premises liability, automobile negligence, asbestos defense, medical negligence defense, health care licensing, family law and other types of civil litigation.

"U.S. News has more than two decades of experience in providing the public with the most accurate and in-depth rankings of a wide range of institutions, including our Best Law Schools rankings," said Tim Smart, Executive Editor of U.S. News & World Report. "This experience, coupled with our growing reputation as a leading career information resource, makes these law firm rankings a logical next step."

"U.S. News is the world's leading publisher of institutional rankings based on both objective data and peer evaluations," said Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers. "We are combining this expertise with Best Lawyers' experience of providing rankings of individual lawyers based on peer reviews for almost three decades. By combining hard data with peer reviews, and client assessments, we believe that we are providing users with the most thorough, accurate, and helpful rankings of law firms ever developed.

Published: Wed, Oct 13, 2010