Van Ness Feldman is pleased to announce that nearly 60% of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized for inclusion in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. This year’s honorees are ranked in all of our core areas of practice including: Energy, Environmental, Government Relations, Land Use, Litigation, Native American, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Transportation, Utility, and Water Law.
We are also delighted to announce that Seattle-based partners Adam Gravley and Tadas Kisielius received “Lawyer of the Year” recognition for their work on Water Law and Environmental Litigation, respectively. A full list of our rankings is below.
2026 Van Ness Feldman Professionals listed in Best Lawyers by Practice Area
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Administrative/Regulatory Law
CleanTech Law
Energy Law
Energy Regulatory Law
Environmental Law
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Insurance Law
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation-Environmental
Litigation-Land Use and Zoning
Native American Law
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Natural Resources Law
Oil and Gas Law
Real Estate Law
Transportation Law
Utilities Law
Water Law
*Ones to Watch
**Lawyer of the Year
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Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers recognitions are compiled based on an exhaustive Purely Peer Review® evaluation. More than 184,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 31 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 27 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 32nd edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.