NOV. 7, 2024 – The 2025 Best Law Firms report from Best Lawyers, which draws on surveys of firm clients and peers, has awarded Davis Wright Tremaine LLP a national Tier 1 ranking in 22 key practice areas, as well as 80+ Tier 1 rankings in markets across the country.

In addition, the report named Davis Wright "Law Firm of the Year" in Copyright Law and Media Law—the twelfth straight year that the firm has received the honor in these and/or related practice areas.

The practices for which Davis Wright was named a nationwide Tier 1 leader closely track many of the firm's areas of strategic focus. They are:

  • Advertising Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Communications Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Energy Law
  • Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television
  • Franchise Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - First Amendment
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Media Law
  • Securities Regulation
  • Technology Law
  • Trademark Law

The firm was also ranked Tier 1 in the following markets and practices:

Alaska
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law

Los Angeles
Commercial Litigation
Employment Law - Management
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
First Amendment Law
Franchise Law
Health Care Law
Litigation - First Amendment
Media Law
Utilities Law

New York City
Advertising Law
Copyright Law
Employment Law - Management
Energy Law
Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
First Amendment Law
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - First Amendment
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Media Law
Trademark Law

Portland
Appellate Practice
Commercial Litigation
Communications Law
Construction Law
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Management
Energy Law
Government Relations Practice
Litigation - First Amendment
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law

San Francisco
Employment Law - Management
Energy Law
Litigation - First Amendment
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Media Law

Seattle
Advertising Law
Appellate Pract+B76:B93ice
Banking and Finance Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Civil Rights Law
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Commercial Litigation
Communications Law
Copyright Law
Corporate Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Employment Law - Management
Energy Law
Environmental Law
First Amendment Law
Government Relations Practice
Health Care Law
Immigration Law
Labor Law - Management
Land Use and Zoning Law
Leisure and Hospitality Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - ERISA
Litigation - First Amendment
Litigation - Health Care
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Media Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Nonprofit / Charities Law
Patent Law
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Technology Law
Trademark Law
Trusts and Estates

Washington, D.C.
Communications Law
Energy Law
First Amendment Law
Litigation - First Amendment
Litigation - Securities
Media Law
Securities Regulation

About Davis Wright Tremaine
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an AmLaw 100 law firm with more than 600 lawyers representing clients based throughout the United States and around the world. Learn more at www.dwt.com