Burns & Levinson LLP is proud to announce that the firm has achieved 30 national and metropolitan rankings in the 2015 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” survey. Included firms are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Following are the metropolitan and national tiers and practice areas in which Burns & Levinson has been ranked: Metropolitan Tier 1 (Boston) Commercial Litigation Individual Employment Law Family Law Environmental Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Patent Law Real Estate Law Metropolitan Tier 1 (Rhode Island) Environmental Litigation Metropolitan Tier 2 (Boston) Biotechnology Law Copyright Law White Collar Criminal Defense Management Employment Law Music Entertainment Law Land Use & Zoning Law Labor & Employment Litigation Trusts & Estates Litigation Trusts & Estates Law Metropolitan Tier 2 (Rhode Island) Commercial Litigation Environmental Law Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation Securities/Capital Markets Law Metropolitan Tier 3 (Boston) Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Environmental Law Trademark Law Metropolitan Tier 3 (Rhode Island) Trusts & Estates Litigation National Tier 2 Environmental Litigation Intellectual Property Litigation Patent Law National Tier 3 Commercial Litigation Burns & Levinson’s 2014 “Best Law Firms” rankings can be seen in their entirety here.