Stinson Morrison Hecker is consistently recognized by outside sources for its legal services and its commitment to the communities in which it serves. Our recent recognition includes the following:
In addition, the firm was top-listed in Best Lawyers in the following areas:Ranked #1 in Missouri in Banking Law.Ranked #1 in Missouri in Corporate Law.Ranked #1 in Missouri in Employee Benefits Law.Ranked #1 in Missouri in Environmental Law.Ranked #1 in Missouri in Mergers & Acquisitions Law.Ranked #1 in Kansas City, MO.Ranked #1 in Kansas City, MO in Banking Law.Ranked #1 in Kansas City, MO in Corporate Law.Ranked #1 in Kansas City, MO in Employee Benefits Law.Ranked #1 in Kansas City, MO in Environmental Law.Ranked #1 in Kansas City, MO in Mergers & Acquisitions Law.Forty-seven of the lawyers selected are based in the firm’s metro Kansas City offices, making it the most represented firm in the region. Nineteen of the firm’s lawyers have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 consecutive years and four have been listed for 20 or more years.
Six Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP practice areas ranked No. 1 in the latest edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In total, seven practice areas and 26 attorneys were recognized in this annual listing of top law firms and attorneys.
Readers of Kansas City’s Ingram's magazine voted Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP the “Best Law Firm” in Kansas City. Ingram’s annual “Best of Business Kansas City” section identifies “companies throughout the greater metro region that consistently offer products and services of the highest quality.”
Stinson Morrison Hecker is listed 136 out of 250 in the National Law Journal's Top 250 Survey of the nation's largest law firms.
Fifty-three Stinson Morrison Hecker attorneys were named 2009 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. An additional 11 attorneys were named "Rising Stars" for 2009. In selecting attorneys for Super Lawyers, Law & Politics employs a rigorous, multiphase process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third-party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
The Financial Services Division was recognized by American Banker in its annual list of the Top Lead Legal Advisers lists. The firm ranked 13th for the number of domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in 2006. In the list ranked by deal values, the firm was 47th.
Stinson Morrison Hecker ranked 19th on Global Securities Information's national list of legal counsels with the highest transaction value of mergers and acquisitions in 2005. The firm completed nine deals in 2005 with a total transaction value of $37.6 billion.
The Real Estate Division was recognized by Midwest Real Estate News as one of the "Best of the Best" transactional real estate firms in the Midwest.
The May 2005 edition of Arizona Attorney magazine features the Top 10 Arizona Verdicts of 2004. Stinson Morrison Hecker was legal counsel in two of the ten cases - most notably, the largest and the sixth largest jury awards in Arizona for 2004.