REID COLLINS DESCRIBED AS “THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS” AND “SECOND TO NONE” IN LATEST BEST LAWYERS® “BEST LAW FIRMS” RANKINGS
Reid Collins & Tsai has once again been recognized as one of the top litigation and trial firms in the nation by U.S. News-Best Lawyers® in its 2025 Edition of the Best Law Firms rankings.
The firm received Best Law Firm honors for its work in multiple practice areas both nationally and regionally. The rankings include:
Dallas-Fort Worth
- Tier 1 – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Tier 1 – Commercial Litigation
- Tier 1 – Litigation – Bankruptcy
New York City
- Tier 1 – Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Tier 3 – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
National
- Tier 3 – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Tier 3 – Litigation – Bankruptcy
The “Best Law Firms” research process also includes detailed client interviews. For the 2025 edition, clients described Reid Collins as “second to none…unparalleled litigators…for any litigation engagement, particularly on the plaintiff side…. honest, smart and pragmatic…the best bankruptcy litigation firm in the business…they handle cases aggressively but efficiently and always in the best interests of the client.”
Click here to view the firm’s various national and regional rankings and full client comments.
BENCHMARK LITIGATION RECOGNIZES REID, TSAI AND MADDEN AS AMONG THE TOP TRIAL LAWYERS IN THE NATION
In its 2024-25 rankings, Benchmark Litigation has profiled the firm’s senior partners – William T. Reid, IV, Lisa S. Tsai, and Eric D. Madden – as among the top commercial trial lawyers in the country.
Reid, who Benchmark Litigation’s editorial analysis describes as enjoying “a far-reaching reputation as an all-purpose trial lawyer equipped to handle any case,” was selected to its list of the nation’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers for the sixth consecutive year.
Tsai, profiled by the publication for successfully leading a “suit on behalf of a partner and co-founder of private-equity entity Emerald Lake Capital Management against several individuals [] alleged to have engaged in a bad-faith scheme to confiscate [her] valuable partnership interest,” was named to its list of the nation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation for the third consecutive year.
Madden was profiled as a Litigation Star for, among other things, successfully recovering $175 million for the Insys Liquidation Trust (successor to Insys Therapeutics), after the company’s illegal off-label marketing scheme led it to bankruptcy. He was described by clients as “a very strategic thinker and extremely thorough.”
Benchmark Litigation surveys the landscape and honors the leading litigators and firms across the United States for their achievements. The annual rankings and lists are the culmination of months of research, surveying thousands of referees, and interviewing hundreds of lawyers.
Click here to see Benchmark Litigation’s editorial analysis of Reid, Tsai, and Madden, and click here to see all the Reid Collins practitioners honored this year.
REID COLLINS AGAIN CEMENTS POSITION AS INDUSTRY ‘MAVERICK” AND TOP NATIONAL TRIAL BOUTIQUE WITH MULTIPLE BENCHMARK RECOGNITIONS
In its 2025 rankings of the top litigation law firms in the U.S., Benchmark Litigation has again named Reid Collins & Tsai LLP to its list of the “Top Boutique” law firms in the country as well as to its “Top Plaintiff” list, one of only a select few firms in the nation so honored. The firm also received the ranking of “Highly Recommended” (Benchmark’s highest honor) for the state of Texas.
Benchmark describes Reid Collins as a “litigation boutique with a plaintiff-side ethos [that] has crafted itself as a maverick in the world of trial litigation. The firm has strategically expanded from its Texas roots to include posts in the New York, District of Columbia, and Delaware markets. The firm’s calculated five-office footprint has amassed national recognition, notably for its high-stakes commercial and bankruptcy litigation.”
Earlier this year at its annual awards ceremony, Benchmark named Reid Collins the U.S. Bankruptcy Firm of the Year, besting a selection of the nation’s top Big Law corporate defense firms. Reid Collins was also a finalist for the U.S. Plaintiff Firm of The Year, for the sixth consecutive year.
Benchmark’s “Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys” identifies the leading U.S. trial attorneys and firms at the local and national levels. The publication’s rankings and editorials are the result of extensive interviews with private practice lawyers and in-house counsel.
Click here to see Benchmark‘s Global profile of the firm and here to see it’s Texas ranking.
