Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Grows Best Law Firms Rankings for 2025

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is pleased to announce that the firm was named by Best Lawyers® to the following National tier rankings in the 2025 United States edition of Best Law Firms®: Land Use and Zoning Law / Tier 1; Litigation – Intellectual Property / Tier 3; and Real Estate Law / Tier 3. Burke was also named in Best Law Firms® to the following ‘Metropolitan’ tier rankings: San Francisco – Land Use and Zoning Law / Tier 1, Real Estate Law / Tier 1, Environmental Law / Tier 2, and Litigation Intellectual Property / Tier 2; Oakland – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law / Tier 2; and San Jose – Commercial Litigation / Tier 3.

Best Law Firms® rankings highlight firms that have demonstrated excellence in legal expertise and industry knowledge. Each ranked firm has been evaluated by Best Lawyers® on the basis of client feedback, peer recommendations, leadership interviews, and depth of practice. These rankings offer a guide to businesses and individuals seeking quality legal counsel in the U.S.

Burke Managing Partner John J. Welsh noted, “Burke is pleased to have received increased recognition in Best Law Firms® in these specific areas of the firm’s practice. We are equally committed to providing recognized excellence across the entire range of legal advisory and representation services rendered by our firm.”

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is a California limited liability law partnership with 171 member attorneys. Our mission is to provide clients with creative, results-oriented, and cost effective legal services. We view ourselves as problem solvers and legal strategists, not simply compliance monitors and reciters of the law. Burke has ten practice groups: Public Law; Labor & Employment Law; Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation; Construction Law; Litigation; Environmental, Land Use & Natural Resources; Real Estate & Business Law; Insurance Coverage & Litigation; Intellectual Property; and Education Law. Each practice group focuses on the professional development of member attorneys and on providing advisory services tailored to the needs of both public and private sector clients. With regional offices in the Inland Empire, Palm Desert, Los Angeles, Marin County, Oakland, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Ventura County, as well with the support of advanced telecommunications, Burke can easily be anywhere our California situated clients need us to be. For more information, please visit www.bwslaw.com and https://www.linkedin.com/company/burke-williams-&-sorensen/about/?viewAsMember=true