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Jackson Kelly Receives National Recognition from Best Lawyers for Practice Areas

December 2, 2024

Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce it has once again been named a nationally recognized law firm in the areas of Mining Law and Natural Resources Law by Best Lawyers®, Best Law Firms® for 2025. The Firm received a Tier 2 ranking for both categories. 

Additionally, the Firm had 74 areas of law named in the publication's metropolitan rankings, including 51 in Tier 1.

Jackson Kelly has been well recognized through the years by Best Lawyers®, including five times being named National Mining Law Firm of the Year.

See the full 2025 Metropolitan and Tier breakdown below.

National Tier 2

• • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law

Metropolitan Tier 1

• Akron
  • Oil and Gas Law

• Charleston-WV
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Project Finance Law
  • Public Finance Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

• Evansville
  • Health Care Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law

• Lexington
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

• Morgantown
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Mediation
  • Public Finance Law
  • Trusts and Estates
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Metropolitan Tier 2

• Akron
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

• Charleston-WV
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation

• Colorado
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

• Evansville
  • Corporate Law

• Lexington
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
  • Tax Law

• Morgantown
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Tax Law

Metropolitan Tier 3

• Lexington
  • Litigation - Health Care