Butzel Included in ‘Best Law Firms’ 2026 Edition by U.S. News and Best Lawyers®

11.6.2025

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel has received national recognition in the 2026 “Best Law Firms,” rankings by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. 

Butzel is ranked in multiple legal specialties in the Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Southwest Michigan and Troy offices.

The annual Best Law Firms list is compiled annually by Best Lawyers® through exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers provide confidential nominations and feedback.

Below is a full list of Butzel’s 2026 Best Law Firm rankings:

National Rankings

National Tier 2

• Securities Regulation

National Tier 3

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management

Regional Rankings

Regional Tier 1

Ann Arbor

• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – ERISA
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Detroit

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Employment Law – Management
• Health Care Law
• Immigration Law
• International Trade and Finance Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Mediation
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Real Estate Law
• Securities Regulation

Grand Rapids

• Arbitration
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Litigation – Construction
• Mediation

Lansing

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Litigation – Construction

Troy

• Appellate Practice
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Immigration Law
• Labor Law – Management
• Litigation – Antitrust
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Health Care
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts and Estates

Regional Tier 2

Ann Arbor

• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Environmental Law
• Litigation – Intellectual Property

Detroit

• Appellate Practice
• Arbitration
• Corporate Compliance Law
• Corporate Governance Law
• Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• International Mergers and Acquisitions
• Litigation – Construction
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Grand Rapids

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Lansing

• Construction Law

Southwest Michigan

• Family Law
• Insurance Law

Troy

• Banking and Finance Law
• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Tax Law

Regional Tier 3

Detroit

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Tax Law

Grand Rapids

• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Lansing

• Health Care Law

Troy

• Mediation