Best Lawyers® has released its Best Law Firm® rankings for 2025 (15th edition). Berman Tabacco has been ranked both nationally and in the San Francisco metropolitan area as leaders in the areas of Litigation-Antitrust (for the seventh time), Litigation-Securities (for the sixth time), and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Plaintiffs (for the first time). The Best Law Firms rankings are based on a combination of client feedback, information provided on law-firm surveys, and Best Lawyers® peer reviews. According to Best Lawyers, with more than 27,700 votes by lawyers, over 27,000 clients sharing direct feedback, and over 101,000 client and professional reference submissions—only 2,264 firms received a national law firm ranking in this edition. They state that this reflects “the selectivity of national recognition, with only 0.5% of firms in the U.S. belonging to this select group.”
To be eligible for consideration as a Best Law Firm, a firm must have at least one attorney ranked in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Berman Tabacco has four ranked attorneys in the 2025 edition: partners Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. and Nicole Lavallee have both been recognized in the areas of Litigation (Securities), Litigation (Antitrust), and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions–Plaintiffs; partner Matthew D. Pearson has been recognized in the area of Litigation (Securities); and of counsel Christopher T. Heffelfinger has been recognized in the areas of Litigation (Antitrust) and Litigation (Securities). Best Lawyers® holds itself out as one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications, with the 2025 edition showcasing the top 5% of practicing attorneys in the U.S. (based upon more than 13 million peer evaluations) and recognizing attorneys in 150 practice areas. Best Lawyers® states that it “is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession,” that recognition by them “is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers,” and that their rankings of “outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.”
Metropolitan San Francisco
- Tier 1 in Litigation – Antitrust
- Tier 1 in Litigation – Securities
- Tier 1 in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Plaintiffs
National Rankings
- Tier 2 in Litigation – Antitrust
- Tier 2 in Litigation – Securities
- Tier 3 in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Plaintiffs