COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP earned 32 national rankings for its legal practices in the 2025 “Best Law Firms” list. The firm was also recognized for several Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings in 25 of our locations.
The firm received Tier 1 national rankings in:
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Health Care Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Patent Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities Regulation
- Venture Capital Law
The firm received Tier 2 national rankings in the following areas:
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Franchise Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Securities
- Public Finance Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Tax Law
- Technology Law
The firm received Tier 3 national rankings in the following areas:
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Trademark Law
- Trusts and Estates
Below are the Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings, which are given to law firms that score the highest in their cities, for the following practice areas:
- Atlanta
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Venture Capital Law
- Baltimore
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Charleston, S.C.
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Environmental Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Water Law
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Environmental
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Railroad Law
- Charlotte
- Patent Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Cleveland
- Colorado
- Columbia, S.C.
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Economic Development Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Patent
- Litigation - Securities
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
- Patent Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
- Dallas/Fort Worth
- Commercial Litigation
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Fort Lauderdale
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Health Care Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Greenville, S.C.
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Tax Law
- Los Angeles
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Miami
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Securities
- Real Estate Law
- Securities Regulation
- Minneapolis
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Nashville
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Privacy and Data Security Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Orlando
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Construction
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Raleigh, N.C.
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law - Management
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
- Real Estate Law
- San Diego
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Tallahassee
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Winston-Salem, N.C.
- Commercial Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Washington, D.C.
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- West Palm Beach
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is a full-service Am Law 100 firm of more than 1,000 attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals with offices across the United States. For more information, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.