Van Ness Feldman is pleased to announce that nearly 75% of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®2025.  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 partner, Malcolm McLellan received “Lawyer of the Year” recognition for his work on Energy Regulatory matters. A full list of our rankings is below.

2025 Van Ness Feldman Professionals listed in Best Lawyers by Practice Area 

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 25.8 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 23 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 80,000 leading lawyers included in the milestone 31st edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.