The firm was ranked by U.S. News – Best Lawyers^® on the 2020 “Best Law Firms” list, listed nationally in seven practice areas and regionally in 31 practice areas.

Firms included in the 2020 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.

Ranked firms, presented in tiers, are listed on a national and/or metropolitan scale. Receiving a tier designation reflects the high level of respect a firm has earned among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.

The following Minneapolis rankings were awarded as Briggs and Morgan: 

National Tier 2

• Franchise Law
• Railroad Law

National Tier 3

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Litigation – Banking & Finance
• Litigation – Real Estate

Metropolitan Tier 1
Minneapolis

• Appellate Practice
• Banking and Finance Law
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law – Management
• Energy Law
• Franchise Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Banking & Finance
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Litigation – Labor & Employment
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Litigation – Trusts & Estates
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts & Estates Law

Metropolitan Tier 2
Minneapolis

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Corporate Law
• Financial Services Regulation Law
• Insurance Law
• Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
• Railroad Law

Metropolitan Tier 3
Minneapolis

• Administrative / Regulatory Law