Berman Tabacco Ranked as a Top Tier firm in the 17th Edition of “Best Law Firms”

Best Lawyers^® has released its Best Law Firm^® rankings for 2027 (17th edition).  Berman Tabacco has been ranked both nationally and in the San Francisco metropolitan area as a leader in the areas of Litigation – Antitrust (for the ninth time), Litigation – Securities (for the eighth time), and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs (for the third time).  The Best Law Firms rankings are based on a combination of client feedback, information provided on law-firm surveys, and Best Lawyers^® peer reviews.  According to Best Lawyers, with more than 30,000 lawyers casting more than 3.8 million votes, and over 109,900 client references—only “2,220 firms across 75 practice areas” received a national law firm ranking in this edition, “placing them among the top 0.48% nationwide.”

To be eligible for consideration as a Best Law Firm, a firm must have at least one attorney ranked in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®.  Berman Tabacco has seven ranked attorneys in the 2027 edition:

• • Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr.
    • Litigation – Antitrust
    • Litigation – Securities
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Nicole Lavallee
    • Litigation – Securities
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Todd A. Seaver
    • Litigation – Antitrust
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Kristin J. Moody
    • Litigation – Securities
  • Carl Hammarskjold
    • Litigation – Antitrust
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Matthew D. Pearson
    • Litigation – Securities
    • Litigation – Antitrust
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Christopher T. Heffelfinger
    • Litigation – Antitrust
    • Litigation – Securities

Best Lawyers^® holds itself out as one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications, with the 2027 edition showcasing the top 5% of practicing attorneys in the U.S. (based upon 3.8 million evaluations from more than 32,000 voting lawyers) and recognizing attorneys in 151 practice areas.  Best Lawyers^® states that it “is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession,” that recognition by them “is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers,” and that its “lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.”

Metropolitan San Francisco

• Tier 1 in Litigation – Antitrust
• Tier 1 in Litigation – Securities
• Tier 1 in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

National Rankings

• Tier 1 in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• Tier 2 in Litigation – Antitrust
• Tier 2 in Litigation – Securities