Rankings: New Jersey Powerhouses

  • August 05, 2021

    New Jersey Powerhouse: McCarter & English

    McCarter & English LLP scored state appellate decisions knocking down multimillion-dollar product liability verdicts against Johnson & Johnson and C.R. Bard Inc. after closing a complex deal to sell a Rutgers University medical research lab and moving in federal bankruptcy court to acquire a building for St. Joseph's University Medical Center.

  • August 04, 2021

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Gibbons PC

    Undaunted by a year of upheaval brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest, New Jersey's Gibbons PC reached new frontiers in its signature practice areas to score a precedential appellate victory in a high-profile white collar case and advance one of the state's largest mixed-use developments.

  • August 03, 2021

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Cole Schotz

    Cole Schotz PC had a busy year successfully representing major businesses during Chapter 11 proceedings, such as Modell's Sporting Goods, while also helping other businesses in trademark disputes, including assisting a brewery in defending its brand name against an industry giant.

  • August 02, 2021

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Bressler Amery

    Bressler Amery & Ross PC notched victories for Quest Diagnostics Inc. in defeating employment and medical malpractice suits and nixed millions in potential damages against another law firm over an aquaculture project while also helping to secure a Third Circuit opinion rejecting a challenge to attorney fees in pelvic mesh litigation.

  • July 30, 2021

    The 2021 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2021 Regional Powerhouses are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles across eight states, offering clients regional expertise and making a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level.

  • July 30, 2021

    NJ Powerhouses Guide Pandemic-Pummeled Clients

    In a year that thrust New Jersey into the spotlight as one of the nation's top COVID-19 hot spots, Law360's New Jersey Powerhouses tackled novel pandemic-related developments and more in the litigation and transactional spheres dominated by the state's thriving regional industries.

  • September 05, 2019

    New Jersey Powerhouse: McCarter & English

    McCarter & English LLP won major court rulings in recent years in high-profile battles involving Campbell Soup Co. and the New York Giants, while also notching victories in suits over a New Jersey hospital's tax-exempt status and alleged misconduct at pharmaceutical supply chain company ScripsAmerica Inc.

  • September 03, 2019

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Duane Morris

    Duane Morris LLP played a critical role in New Jersey's gambling scene over the past year and notched a pair of class action victories, securing a deal worth $84 million on behalf of physicians suing the American Osteopathic Association and defeating fuel tank defect claims against Ford Motor Co.

  • August 30, 2019

    The 2019 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2019 Regional Powerhouses are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles across eight states, offering clients regional expertise and making a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level.

  • August 30, 2019

    NJ Powerhouses Attract Global Clients In Competitive Market

    When powerful global corporations face legal challenges ranging from pharmaceutical and automotive product liability suits to major real estate deals, they turn to the top firms in New Jersey, where those practice areas are fueling the state's competitive legal landscape.

  • September 04, 2018

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Fox Rothschild

    Fox Rothschild LLP has been a major player in New Jersey's gambling and real estate sectors, helping to revitalize Atlantic City by facilitating the June opening of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and closing industrial and residential property deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars in recent months.

  • August 31, 2018

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Blank Rome

    Blank Rome LLP maintained its niche over the past year among New Jersey's top firms for appellants, with state Supreme Court victories that fended off a class action lodged against TGI Friday's under the Garden State's notoriously tough consumer laws and that convinced the justices to grant absolute immunity for public entities facing tort liability in a suit against the city of Paterson.

  • August 30, 2018

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Pashman Stein

    The "all in" approach of Pashman Stein Walder Hayden PC was on display as it won a series of New Jersey appellate victories last year, securing decisions on access to police shooting records, third-party claims against public entities and civil penalties over the handling of records requests related to the so-called Bridgegate scandal.

  • August 29, 2018

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Sills Cummis

    Among the projects that kept Sills Cummis & Gross PC's team busy in the past year were scoring courtroom and business victories for major players in the Garden State's health care field and overseeing an international divestment that drew upon the small New Jersey firm's big reach into foreign markets.

  • August 28, 2018

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Gibbons

    Gibbons PC notched a pair of sports victories of national and global proportions in recent months, helping to secure a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a federal ban on sports betting and gain FIFA approval of a joint bid from the United States, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 World Cup.

  • August 27, 2018

    NJ Powerhouses Seize Sports Betting, Pot Law Opportunities

    While the abundant pharmaceutical, health care and government affairs sectors remain key business drivers for law firms doing business in New Jersey, the recent legalization of sports betting and the burgeoning cannabis industry means Garden State attorneys are busier than ever. That momentum has met its match in Law360's 2018 New Jersey Powerhouses.

  • October 06, 2017

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Gibbons

    Over the last two years, Gibbons PC has been a driving force behind major real estate deals in the Garden State, guiding the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority in issuing about $1.1 billion in bonds for the long-delayed American Dream Meadowlands project and closing a deal that includes a new medical school on a former Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. property.

  • October 05, 2017

    NJ Powerhouse: Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti

    In the past year, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP has racked up a list of accomplishments that include winning a precedential Third Circuit decision in a proposed class action, securing a $10 million settlement for a construction client, and representing a real estate company in the largest New Jersey office lease transaction in 2016.

  • October 04, 2017

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Cole Schotz

    Cole Schotz PC has notched bankruptcy wins in New Jersey that preserved Saint Michael's Medical Center Inc. in the state's largest city and enabled Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd to dock billions worth of stranded cargo at U.S. ports, while also scoring a victory protecting lottery winnings from state income taxes.

  • October 03, 2017

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Drinker Biddle

    Navigating the unique legal challenges posed by New Jersey's fertile property redevelopment market, thriving pharmaceutical and health care industries, storied industrial history and access to bustling metropolises, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP last year outshone its competitors with a string of courtroom and marketplace victories.

  • October 02, 2017

    NJ Powerhouses Eclipse Competitors Amid Stagnant Demand

    In the cutthroat legal landscape of New Jersey, where competition currently outpaces demand, four long-established firms have earned spots on Law360's list of 2017 New Jersey Powerhouses thanks to a combination of stellar reputations and victories in both courtrooms and the marketplace.

  • July 26, 2016

    4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms

    All litigation powerhouses boast talented trial lawyers, but the 20 firms at the top of their game don't just rely on their litigators. Here, we talk about the four traits that led the elite of the Litigation Powerhouses to become the go-to firms for bet-the-company cases.

  • July 26, 2016

    5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops

    Five relatively small but fearsome law firms landed a spot on Law360's 2016 list of 50 Litigation Powerhouses after they laced up their gloves and brought the pain in their fights for clients, winning some of the biggest cases over the past year.

  • July 26, 2016

    Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation

    Historic, precedent-setting wins in class action litigation. Jaw-dropping jury verdicts in courts across the country. Victories in the smartphone wars. Dramatic upsets on appeal. Law360's Litigation Powerhouses leveraged their deep legal talent to score remarkable wins for their clients over the past year, landing them a spot on our inaugural ranking of the top firms for litigation.

  • June 19, 2015

    New Jersey Powerhouse: Riker Danzig

    Although Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP's roots in New Jersey date back to at least 1882 — managing partner Glenn Clark says the firm tried to go back further, but it couldn't dig up reliable records before that time — the firm has never wavered from its commitment to being one of the pre-eminent firms in the Garden State, handling numerous multimillion-dollar cases and key transactions for its clients.