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Black McCuskey Included in Best Law Firms Rankings

(September 2010) - Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA has been included in the Best Law Firms rankings by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers in its inaugural publication.

Black McCuskey has a Tier 1 ranking in the Akron/Canton market in the practice area of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law. In addition, the firm ranked high in construction law, mergers & acquisitions law, trusts & estates law and commercial litigation.

A total of 8,782 law firms received rankings in 81 practice areas as a result of thousands of surveys conducted worldwide by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. Law firm clients, leading lawyers and law firm managers; partners and associates; marketing and recruiting officers were asked to evaluate firms on expertise, responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness, civility and whether or not they would refer another client to the firm. The first-tier rankings are featured in the October print issues of U.S. News & World Report.

About the U.S. News Media Group
The U.S. News Media Group is a multi-platform digital publisher of news and analysis, which includes the monthly U.S. News & World Report magazine, the digital-only U.S. News Weekly magazine, http://www.usnews.com, and http://www.rankingsandreviews.com. Focusing on Health, Money & Business, Education, and Public Service/Opinion, the U.S. News Media Group has earned a reputation as the leading provider of service news and information that improves the quality of life of its readers. The U.S. News Media Group’s signature franchises include its News You Can Use® brand of journalism and its “America’s Best” series of consumer guides that include rankings of colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, health plans, and more.

About Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For over a quarter century, the company has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. The 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes 41,385 lawyers covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia and is based on more than 3.1 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. At http://www.BestLawyers.com, Best Lawyers also publishes peer-reviewed listings of lawyers in most of the world’s major legal markets. Best Lawyers lists are excerpted in a wide range of general interest, business and legal publications worldwide, reaching an audience of more than 17 million readers.