Farr Law Firm Earns Top Ranking in Best Law Firms List

Trusts & Estates Law practice ranks in First Tier for the Fort Myers metropolitan area

PUNTA GORDA, FL – November 1, 2011 – Farr, Farr, Emerich, Hackett and Carr, P.A. earns top ranking in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” list for 2011-2012.  The firm has received a Tier 1 ranking in Trusts & Estates Law for the Fort Myers metropolitan area since the list’s 2010 inception.  The list ranks nearly 9,000 firms in 81 practice areas in 171 metropolitan areas and 7 states.

Led by Guy S. Emerich, Farr Law Firm’s Trusts & Estates practice focuses on recommendations and strategies to advance each client’s unique wealth preservation and wealth transfer goals.  Using both simple and sophisticated lifetime and post-death techniques, the practice team helps individuals and their families with their estate and tax planning needs.  Emerich has been named to the list of Best Lawyers in America for six years.

“We are excited to see this additional recognition for our trusts & estates practice which delivers highly sophisticated solutions for our clients,” said firm president David A. Holmes.

U.S. News – Best Lawyers surveys thousands of law firm clients, leading lawyers and law firm managers, partners and associates, and marketing officers and recruiting officers on what factors they consider vital for clients hiring law firms, for lawyers choosing a firm to refer a legal matter to, and for lawyers seeking employment.  In addition, a practice area’s score factors in the number of lawyers listed in the annual Best Lawyers list.  All of the quantitative and qualitative data is combined into an overall score for each firm, with the first tier scoring within a certain percentage of the highest-scoring firm(s).