What is City Focus?
Legal 500 US City Focus aims to highlight key lawyers operating at regional players across business centres in the United States. Notably, US City Focus seeks to recognise key US lawyers outside global elite firms, opting to focus on those at regional powerhouses that may be neglected by other rankings.
City Focus emphasises lawyers who are handling work at the top of the legal market in their respective cities. Our research team has identified lawyers carrying out high-quality, market-leading work and has produced rankings that allow clients to discover the best of the best at a regional level.
How are lawyers selected for City Focus?
Our research includes interviews with top practitioners, referee and peer feedback, and evidence of key matters worked on by the ranked attorneys during the past year. Our selection process begins with researchers creating a list of prospective candidates, which is extensively reviewed by the City Focus Editor and the Legal 500 US Editor.
All shortlisted lawyers are invited to make a submission and participate in a brief 30-minute interview with our researchers. During the interview, we also solicit extensive peer feedback regarding other lawyers operating in their respective legal sectors. Lawyers are also invited to supply client references to support their inclusion.
Dates
Research period: 26th June – 2nd August 2024
Deadline for submissions and referee spreadsheets: 22nd July 2024
Interview deadline: 2nd August
Legal 500 US City Focus publication: Mid-September
Submission
Please email your submission documents and referee spreadsheets to fileupload@legal500.com by the deadline.
Contact
City Focus Editor/Research Editor, United States City Focus: Nathan Oseroff-Spicer (nathan.oseroff-spicer@legal500.com)
US Editor: Barnaby Merrill (barnaby.merrill@legal500.com)
Business Development Manager: Simon Wilton (simon.wilton@legal500.com)
To learn more about the team behind our research, please visit Meet The Team.