Smith Anderson Recognized Again Among Country’s Most Distinguished Litigators and Law Firms
For the fifth straight year, Benchmark Litigation® has named Smith Anderson North Carolina’s Firm of the Year for litigation. Smith Anderson attorneys Mike Mitchell and John Harris accepted the award on behalf of the firm at Benchmark Litigation’s annual U.S. awards ceremony in New York City on March 13, 2024. Benchmark Litigation has awarded Smith Anderson the N.C. Firm of the Year title every year since 2020.
The Benchmark Litigation U.S. Awards acknowledge the nation's top litigators and their firms who are involved in the most substantial disputes across the United States. Through months of peer review and examination of submissions with casework from the preceding year, state firm winners are viewed as the dominant players on a state level, the ones who are most often retained as local counsel and have a proven bench of local stars.
Smith Anderson’s award-winning Litigation practice team is known for its trial-tested lawyers who are active in a range of matters across complex areas of law including large multi-party, multi-jurisdiction litigation and complex matters in state and federal court. They advise and litigate matters involving intellectual property disputes, commercial contracts, shareholder actions and employment disputes, and represent real estate and construction companies and corporate policyholders in insurance-related disputes, major manufacturers in product liability and tort actions – which are often class-action based, and healthcare entities and professionals regarding licensure issues and allegations of malpractice.
State winners are viewed as the dominant players on a state level, the ones who are most often retained as local counsel and have a proven bench of local stars. Benchmark Litigation has awarded Smith Anderson the N.C. Firm of the Year title every year since 2020.
About Benchmark Litigation
Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to the leading litigation law firms and lawyers around the world. Since its inception in 2008, Benchmark Litigation has grown dramatically and garnered industry-wide accolades as the hub for in-depth analysis of the players shaping the practice of litigation. The growth of the brand has driven demand for its expansion to service other markets beyond the U.S., including Canada, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. Additional details about Benchmark Litigation’s voting methodology can be viewed here.
