Best Lawyers expands to Puerto Rico, opens nominations

April 19, 2013 - PRLog -- Best Lawyers Launches Rankings in Puerto Rico; Nominations Open Through May 19

Best Lawyers (http://www.bestlawyers.com/), the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide, will take nominations of attorneys practicing in Puerto Rico through May 19 for the commonwealth's First Edition.

“Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic legal communities in the Caribbean, and we are very excited about highlighting the best of its members,” said President and Co-Founder Steven Naifeh. “Best Lawyers is the most effective tool in identifying critical legal expertise. Inclusion on the list shows that an attorney is respected for professional success by his or her peers.”

The Best Lawyers in Puerto Rico will be released in October 2013.

Lawyers who are nominated to the Best Lawyers list are divided by geographic and practice areas. Lawyers on the ballot are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise. Lawyers who rank highly undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing. Click here (http://www.bestlawyers.com/about/MethodologyBasic.aspx) for more information on our methodology.

Best Lawyers partners with publications like "U.S. News & World Report," "The Wall Street Journal," "The New York Times," "Australian Financial Review" in Australia, "Les Echos" in France, "Handelsblatt" in Germany, and "Diario Financiero" in Chile, and Legis in Argentina and Venezuela to provide their readers with the most comprehensive list of quality legal representatives available in their area.

Click here (http://www.bestlawyers.com/About/Nominations.aspx) to download the form to nominate lawyers that might receive positive evaluations from their peers. Send the completed form to nominations@bestlawyers.com.

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ABOUT BEST LAWYERS
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected attorney ranking service in the world. For more than 30 years, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the attorneys best qualified to represent them. The Best Lawyers lists are published in leading local, regional and national publications across the globe.

Best Lawyers founders Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith graduated Harvard Law School, class of 1977. Prior to entering private enterprise, Naifeh worked at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York City, N.Y.; and Smith worked at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, Calif.

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