Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. Named “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News and Best Lawyers

GREENVILLE, SC – Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. has been ranked in the 2015 “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® regionally in 23 practice areas.  The “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a ranking, a firm must have a lawyer listed in The Best Lawyers in America, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the U.S.  Gallivan, White and Boyd has been ranked a tier 1 or tier 2 “Best Law Firm” in the following practice areas:

Columbia, South Carolina – TIER 1

• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Law
• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Greenville, South Carolina – TIER 1

• Commercial Litigation
• Copyright Law
• Insurance Law
• Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Mediation
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Greenville, South Carolina – TIER 2

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Trademark Law

Clients and peers were asked to evaluate firms based on the following criteria: responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness, integrity and civility, as well as whether they would refer a matter to the firm and/or consider the firm a worthy competitor.  The first tier in each metropolitan area includes those firms that scored within a certain percentage of the highest-scoring firms.  The second tier is those firms that scored within a certain percentage of the next highest scoring firms. Over 12,000 attorneys provided over 330,000 law firm assessments, and almost 7,000 clients provided close to 20,000 evaluations.

Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.

Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. has offices in Greenville, Columbia and Anderson, SC and Charlotte, N.C.  Practice areas include business and complex litigation, strategic risk assessment and counseling, and corporate representation. For more information about the firm, see www.GWBlawfirm.com.