Barg Coffin Awarded National Tier 1 Ranking, 4 Partners Named "Best Lawyers" - U.S. News & World Report
By Best Lawyers
November 3, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3, 2014 – Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP received a “Tier 1” ranking nationally and in the San Francisco metropolitan area in Best Lawyers’ 2015 “Best Law Firms” list published by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, four partners have been selected for inclusion in the ranking service’s sister publication The Best Lawyers in America.*
Barg Coffin was listed nationally on the “Best Law Firms” list for “Litigation – Environmental” and in the San Francisco metropolitan area for both “Environmental Law” and “Litigation – Environmental.”
Firms are selected for the “Best Law Firms” directory based on peer-review surveys and evaluation processes that include data collection and feedback from thousands of clients, lawyers and law firm representatives spanning a wide range of practice areas nationwide.
Best Lawyers also recently selected four partners for The Best Lawyers in America*. Practice areas for which they have been chosen are indicated.
- John F. Barg (Environmental Law; Litigation-Environmental)
- Richard C. Coffin (Environmental Law; Litigation-Environmental)
- R. Morgan Gilhuly (Environmental Law; Litigation-Environmental)
- Stephen C. Lewis (Litigation-Environmental)
Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America is based entirely on peer review. The publication’s stated methodology is designed to produce a list based on the “consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”
*Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC.
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About Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP
Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP is a San Francisco-based law firm providing nationally recognized expertise in environmental law and litigation. The firm is based on a simple but sound concept: a small and efficient law firm can provide the environmental law and litigation services that clients need at a lower cost than a large, multi-disciplinary law firm. On the web at: http://www.bcltlaw.com.