Our Credentials
- Located in 12 major markets, our attorneys represent world-class companies such as UPS, Bank of America, Aflac Inc., Dell, and Nomura.
- Alston & Bird is ranked in seven Chambers guides: USA, UK, Europe, Germany, Global, High Net Worth, and Fintech. Over 175 attorneys and 80 practice areas are featured for their excellence in their fields, including 28 attorneys and 25 practices ranked in Band 1 and 15 attorneys noted as Senior Statespeople and Foreign Experts.
- The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 features 265 of our attorneys. Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® features 159 attorneys. Four Alston & Bird lawyers are recognized in The Best Lawyers editions for the UK and Germany.
- Alston & Bird earned 30 national and 101 metropolitan tier-one rankings in the 2025 edition of U.S. News - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms.” Overall, the firm earned 48 national and 130 metropolitan rankings. The firm also earned 2 regional rankings in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms – Germany.
- Across the Legal 500 UK, USA, and EMEA guides, Alston & Bird is ranked nationally in 16 practice areas, with three attorneys named Leading Partners in their fields.
Our Culture
- Alston & Bird has been ranked in the nation’s premier “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for the past 26 years, the only law firm to earn this honor every year since 1999.
- In 2025, for the 20th consecutive year, Alston & Bird earned a perfect rating of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index.
- In its 2025 list of “100 Companies That Care,” People magazine ranked Alston & Bird No. 48, the 6th consecutive year the firm has appeared on the list.
- In The Great Place to Work® 2024 survey of America’s “Best Workplaces for Parents,” Alston & Bird is one of two Am Law 100 firms listed, ranking No. 14 among the survey’s 100 top companies recognized for creating consistently positive experiences for retaining and sustaining working parents.
- For the sixth time since 2016, Alston & Bird has been recognized as one of America’s “Best Workplaces for Women” by Great Place to Work. The firm ranks #68 among the 2025 survey’s 100 top companies recognized for creating consistently positive experiences and opportunities for women.
Practice Excellence
- BTI Consulting Group – Alston & Bird has been recognized in eight practice categories in BTI’s 2026 Litigation Outlook and ranked among the BTI Awesome Opponents: The Most Feared Law Firms in Litigation. Alston & Bird was named a “Powerhouse” in Commercial Litigation and Complex Commercial Litigation, placing the firm in the top 2% of all firms. We were also recognized as a “Leader” in Complex Employment Litigation, Employment Litigation, and IP Litigation and “Distinguished” in Class Action Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, and Securities & Finance Litigation.
- Corporate Control Alert – Alston & Bird’s Financial Advisors practice is consistently ranked in the top 10, most recently ranking No. 2 among U.S. law firms representing financial advisors in M&A activity for 2024.
- Best Law Firms – Our Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group is ranked Tier 1 nationally in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and recognized in the top tiers in the New York and Atlanta metro areas for 2025.
- IFLR1000 – Alston & Bird is recognized as a top “Financial Services Regulatory Counsel” in the 2024 rankings.
- Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals – Alston & Bird has been recognized as a global leader in patent law in the 2025 edition, marking the 14th consecutive year that the firm has earned this recognition.
- Chambers USA – Alston & Bird’s Health Care Group is nationally ranked as one of the “The Elite” health care law firms in America.