Kean Miller is pleased to announce that the firm has been highly ranked in multiple practice areas in the 2025 Best Lawyers and U.S. News “Best Law Firms” list. The firm is recognized regionally in 49 practice areas and nationally in three practice areas.

Firms included in the 2025 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with repeatedly impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a tiered ranking signals an exclusive combination of quality law practice and range of legal expertise. Ranked firms, presented in tiers, are listed on a national and regional based scale. Receiving a tier designation reflects the level of respect a firm has earned among other lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.

Kean Miller received the following rankings:

National Tier 2

• Litigation – First Amendment

National Tier 3

• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Metropolitan Tier 1 – Baton Rouge

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Communications Law
• Corporate Law
• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Litigation – Environmental
• Litigation – Intellectual Property
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Natural Resources Law
• Oil and Gas Law
• Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Real Estate Law
• Trademark Law

Metropolitan Tier 1 – Houston

• Litigation – First Amendment
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Metropolitan Tier 1 – Lafayette

• Administrative / Regulatory Law
• Admiralty and Maritime Law

Metropolitan Tier 1 – New Orleans

• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Metropolitan Tier 1 – Shreveport

• Construction Law
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Metropolitan Tier 2 – Baton Rouge

• Copyright Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Patent Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

Metropolitan Tier 2 – Houston

• Admiralty and Maritime Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates

Metropolitan Tier 2 – Lafayette

• Energy Law
• Oil and Gas Law

Metropolitan Tier 2 – New Orleans

• Copyright Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Labor Law – Management
• Land Use and Zoning Law
• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Litigation and Controversy – Tax
• Oil and Gas Law
• Tax Law

Metropolitan Tier 2 – Shreveport

• Litigation – Construction

Metropolitan Tier 3 – New Orleans

• Employment Law – Individuals

About Kean Miller

Kean Miller is one of the largest and best recognized law firms in the Gulf South region. For more than 40 years, the firm has been innovating and growing, revolutionizing the standards for excellence in client service, and earning numerous awards for its market-leading practices and thoughtful and creative legal representation. Consistently named to the National Law Journal’s NLJ 500 and the Law360 Top 400 lists, Kean Miller is Mansfield Certified for the fifth consecutive year, an honor bestowed for a select group of law firms which demonstrate a genuine commitment to diversity in the legal profession. The firm’s collaborative culture, people-first approach, and devotion to quality are foundational to the firm’s continued success, reflecting its reputation in the market. From the firm’s eight offices in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Houston, and The Woodlands, and more than 225 attorneys, Kean Miller delivers sophisticated and meaningful counsel to Fortune 500 leaders, national businesses, and local companies.

For more information, contact Steve Boutwell at 225.389.3736 or steve.boutwell@keanmiller.com.