Accolades

Honigman and its attorneys have been recognized by clients, peers, and the media for leadership in various endeavors. Listed below are many of our recent honors:

Firm-wide Honors

• Chambers USA – Ranked Band 1 for the key practice areas of Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/M&A, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Litigation: General Commercial in Michigan in 2026; additionally Chambers USA ranked our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Immigration, and Labor & Employment practices in Michigan and recognized our Intellectual Property and Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder practices in Illinois
• Chambers USA - 33 Honigman partners ranked as leading attorneys in 2026
• Chambers USA - Honigman achieved its first USA National ranking for Transportation: Road (Automotive) in 2026
• Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” – 21 practice areas received National ranking for 2026
• The Best Lawyers in America - 178 Honigman attorneys, including 10 as “Lawyer of the Year” in 2026
• Michigan Super Lawyers - 80 Honigman attorneys, including 49 as Rising Stars in 2025
• Illinois Super Lawyers - 9 attorneys, including 5 as a Rising Star in 2026

Practice Level Recognition

• BTI Consulting – Named a "Litigation Standout" in 2023
• Ranked by World Trademark Review as a WTR 1000 firm in 2026
• PitchBook’s Global League Tables - No. 10 Most Active in Private Equity in U.S. and No. 9 Most Active in M&A in U.S. for 2025
• Managing IP's 2024 "Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year" for the Midwest
• Global M&A Network - Turnaround Atlas Award for representation of the Detroit Institute of Arts in the City of Detroit’s Chapter 9 Plan of Reorganization

Workplace Recognition

• Best and Brightest Company to Work For, nationally and regionally since 2010; recognized in 2023, 2024 and 2025 as a Top 101 in the Nation, and in 2024 and 2025 with the Elite Award, Best of the Best Small Business, in Chicago.
• Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press every year since 2011, ranking 7^th in the large workplace category in 2025.

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