Firm Honored with National Tier Status for Oil & Gas Law and Mining Law
Gordon Arata has been recognized in the 2026 Best Law Firms® rankings, earning a distinguished National Tier 2 ranking in Oil and Gas Law and National Tier 3 ranking in Mining Law. This year’s rankings highlight the firm’s strength and breadth of expertise across 32 practice areas.
The Best Law Firms® rankings, conducted by The Best Lawyers in America®, are developed through a thorough and meticulous review process. For eligibility, a firm must have at least one lawyer recognized in the latest edition of Best Lawyers®. Rankings are awarded based on client testimonials, peer and professional references, firm data, lawyer assessments, and insights from interviews with industry experts.
Clients and peers praised the firm and its attorneys as “an outstanding firm,” “an excellent group of lawyers,” “exceptional,” and “the best counsel we have ever had in my professional career.”
The following practice areas received rankings 2026 Best Law Firms®:
National Tier 2
- Oil and Gas Law
National Tier 3
- Mining Law
Metropolitan Tier 1
Lafayette, LA
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Energy Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
New Orleans, LA
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Energy Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mining Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Real Estate Law
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Metropolitan Tier 2
Lafayette, LA
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
New Orleans, LA
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Corporate Law
- Environmental Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation and Controversey – Tax
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 3
New Orleans, LA
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Tax Law