Moore & Van Allen earns 24 Charleston metropolitan rankings in 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®
November 9, 2025
Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) announced that the firm’s Charleston office earned 24 metropolitan rankings in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®. The firm also earned nine national rankings, demonstrating MVA’s commitment to excellence at both the regional and national levels.
The 2026 edition of Best Law Firms ranks firms in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan areas. Rankings are based on methodology that includes client evaluations, peer reviews, and information provided by law firms through a formal submission process. To be eligible for a national or metropolitan Best Law Firms ranking, a practice area must have at least one lawyer in that practice ranked in The Best Lawyers in America®.
MVA’s Tier 1 Charleston metropolitan rankings are for the following practice areas:
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Health Care Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
MVA’s Tier 2 Charleston metropolitan rankings are for the following practice areas:
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Energy Law
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
MVA’s Tier 3 Charleston metropolitan rankings are for the following practice areas:
- Appellate Practice
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
About Moore & Van Allen
In 1950, Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA)’s founding partners were the first to establish a law firm office in Uptown Charlotte to be closer to the business community. Now 75 years later, MVA is the largest law firm in North Carolina and one of the most prominent law firms in the Southeast. It is an Am Law 200 firm comprised of 400+ attorneys and professionals with wide-ranging backgrounds and experience serving clients in 90+ areas. Its foundational financial services practice remains a core practice in addition to MVA’s award-winning corporate, private equity and investments, litigation, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and commercial real estate capabilities. Over time, the firm has expanded its practices in response to the needs of clients and the community, including trust and estate planning, zoning and land use, economic development, white-collar defense, financial regulatory, and human trafficking prevention and compliance.
