Accolades
Our Mission: “To ethically and professionally serve our clients by providing the highest quality legal representation in a personally enriching firm environment.”
Hall Booth Smith prides itself on the successes of its attorneys, who are continuously recognized both at the individual and firm level for their accomplishments.
Firm Awards
Top Workplaces USA
Hall Booth Smith was recognized as a Top Workplace in the Top Workplaces USA 2023 list and has consistently made the list in previous years. This ranking honors companies that make the world a better place to work together and is based entirely on feedback from an employee engagement survey. HBS was also recognized for Cultural Excellence Awards in:
Last Awarded October 2023
Best Law Firms®
Firms included in the Best Law Firms lists are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. In the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®, Hall Booth Smith was recognized as a Tier 3 national firm in two practice areas and also received 63 Metro rankings across its offices.
Last Awarded November 3, 2023
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The Business of Law Digest
Their Best Places to Work list recognizes firms that prioritize their employees’ well-being and create a positive work environment for their teams. Firms are measured against a wide range of benchmarks, including the presence of formal programs for actively recruiting a diverse workforce, long-tenured senior management, family-friendly benefits, and a focus on work/life balance. Hall Booth Smith was the only Georgia-based law firm to be recognized on their inaugural list.
Awarded December 19, 2023
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Professional Accolades
AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated™
For more than 130 years, Martindale-Hubbell has been evaluating attorneys for their strong legal ability and high ethical standards through a Peer Review Rating system. AV Preeminent® is the highest peer rating standard. This is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers. Over 72 Hall Booth Smith attorneys were named AV Preeminent® for 2024, with another 17 earning either the Distinguished or Notable ratings.
Best Lawyers®
Best Lawyers® is one of the oldest and most respected attorney ranking services, and each year Hall Booth Smith and our attorneys receive multiple awards across many different categories.
The Best Lawyers in America®
The The Best Lawyers in America® rankings are decided by an evaluation process of exhaustive peer and client review surveys. In the 2024 guide, 55 Hall Booth Smith attorneys were recognized.
Last Awarded August 2023
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Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America recognition is given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States, in a variety of practice groups. This honor is based on Best Lawyers®’ highly selective peer review process that has been used for nearly 40 years. 34 Hall Booth Smith attorneys were selected for the 2024 list.
Last Awarded August 2022
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Client Champions
Since 2017, Martindale-Hubble has issued a yearly client review rating award known as the “Client Champion” award to help consumers understand the real world experience previous clients had with a lawyer or law firm. Hall Booth Smith had 1 attorney receive Platinum, 1 receive Gold, and 3 receive Silver awards for 2023.
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers recognizes the top attorneys nationwide, across a variety of practice areas and firm sizes, using a patented process of independent research and peer input. The lawyers selected include those with many years of experience, as well as the Rising Stars of the profession.
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. To date, Hall Booth Smith has had 9 attorneys recognized nationwide in 2024.
Rising Stars
The Rising Stars list is comprised of attorneys either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. In 2024, Hall Booth Smith has had 9 of its attorneys receive this recognition so far.
Office & Regional Awards
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta’s 50 Largest Law Firms
Hall Booth Smith is consistently recognized as one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Atlanta’s 50 Largest Law Firms,” ranking for 2023 as #16.
Last Awarded December 2023
Fastest-Growing Law Firms by Attorneys
Hall Booth Smith is consistently recognized as one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Fastest Growing Law Firms by Attorneys,” ranking for 2022 as #8.
Last Awarded December 2022
Atlanta’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
Hall Booth Smith’s Atlanta office has been consistently recognized by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR) with this distinction. 2024 marks the twelfth consecutive year HBS has received the honor.
Last Awarded July 2024
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Atlanta’s Top Workplaces
Over the last 12 years, Hall Booth Smith has been consistently awarded the title of Top Workplace by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This award recognizes the Top 175 workplaces in Atlanta for their “unwavering dedication to creating an environment where employees feel valued, respected, and motivated to achieve their full potential.”
Last Awarded March 2023
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Best Places to Work in Arkansas
The Rogers and Little Rock, Arkansas, Offices of Hall Booth Smith have been recognized on the Best Places to Work in Arkansas 2023 list by Arkansas Business. The award program includes 50 companies and was designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best employers in Arkansas that are benefiting the state’s economy, workforce, and businesses.
Last Awarded June 2023
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Best Places to Work in South Carolina – Large Employer Category
Hall Booth Smith was ranked number 12 in the Large Employer category of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce “Best Places to Work” list in 2021. This category includes companies with 250 or more staff.
Awarded 2021
Best Places to Work in Tampa Bay
Hall Booth Smith is consistently recognized as one of Tampa Bay Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work.”
Last Awarded March 2023
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Charleston Legal Elite
Charleston Business magazine’s Charleston Legal Elite is the only regional awards program that allows every active attorney to nominate and vote for their peers across 26 categories. We are proud to have 12 attorneys named across multiple practice areas for 2023.
Last Awarded August 2023
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Denver’s Top Lawyers
5280 Magazine’s Denver’s Top Lawyers list awards the area’s most respected attorneys according to surveys sent to more than 17,000 attorneys and further vetted by interviews. Hall Booth Smith’s Denver office had 3 attorneys recognized in 2023.
Last Awarded January 2023
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