CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Chicago-based law firm Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP has been named among the “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers in its 2011-12 law firm rankings. Butler Rubin’s insurance practice group was ranked among the top firms in metropolitan Chicago in this field. Led by Robert Hermes and James Rubin, this practice group and its attorneys have earned repeated praise by clients and colleagues.
U.S. News also ranked Butler Rubin as a Tier 2 “Best Law Firm” in the areas of arbitration, commercial litigation and bankruptcy/reorganization.
Best Lawyers named eight Butler Rubin attorneys as leaders in their fields: Louis J. Aurichio (Insurance Law), Ira J. Belcove (Insurance Law), R. Douglass Bond (Insurance Law), Michael R. Hassan (Insurance Law), Robert N. Hermes (Insurance Law), James I. Rubin (Insurance Law), Gerald G. Saltarelli (Alternative Dispute Resolution) and Teresa Snider (Insurance Law).
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. The rankings incorporate the 3.9 million evaluations of 41,284 individual leading lawyers collected by Best Lawyers® in its most recent annual survey. Practice area rankings were produced both nationally and within 177 metropolitan areas across the United States. The 2011-2012 “Best Law Firms” national rankings cover 75 practice areas, while as many as 119 practice areas are covered on the metropolitan lists. More information about the evaluation process is available at www.usnews.com/bestlawfirms.
Formed in 1980, Chicago-based Butler Rubin has established itself as a well-known litigation boutique assisting clients nationally and internationally in the core practice areas of reinsurance and complex business disputes, including antitrust, competition law and opt-out antitrust litigation; class actions; defense of corporate directors and officers; mortgage insurance; credit insurance; insolvency; creditors' rights; and products liability and mass tort matters.
More information about the firm is available on its website at www.butlerrubin.com.