Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished law firms, recently received national recognition by Best Lawyers^® as one of its 2025 Best Law Firms.

“It’s an honor to be named among the Best Law Firms in the nation,” said the firm’s President & CEO Jeffrey C. Gerish. “This honor is a tribute to the outstanding work and dedication of our attorneys and staff, and it  underscores the great results they achieve each day on behalf of their clients.”

Firms are scored using a tiered system that combines quantitative and qualitative data, including feedback from clients, firms, lawyers and industry leaders. The 2025 Best Law Firms national rankings cover 75 practice areas, and the metropolitan area-based rankings are expanded to include 127 areas of practice. Plunkett Cooney was recognized in the following 21 first- and second-tier categories in Michigan and Ohio:

• Appellate Practice
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Government Relations Practice
• Health Care Law
• Insurance Law
• Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Litigation – Construction

• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Litigation – Insurance
• Litigation – Municipal
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
• Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
• Municipal Law
• Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Real Estate Law

The 2025 edition of Best Lawyers recognizes the “Best Law Firms” on a national and regionally based scale with rankings provided for practice and metropolitan areas. Firms that received a tier designation reflect the highest level of respect a firm can earn among other leading lawyers and clients from the same communities and practice areas.

Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney is a leading provider of business and litigation services to clients in the private and public sectors. The firm employs approximately 120 attorneys in seven Michigan cities, Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio. Plunkett Cooney also recently received Mansfield Certification Plus for midsize law firms, which recognizes leaders in diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal industry.

For more information about Plunkett Cooney’s recognition among the 2025 “Best Law Firms,” contact the firm’s Director of Marketing and Business Development John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008; jcornwell@plunkettcooney.com.

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