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.
Best Lawyers in America
Best Lawyers® is one of the oldest and most respected attorney ranking services. 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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Charleston Legal Elite
Charleston Business magazine’s 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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Best Places to Work in Arkansas
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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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 Tampa Bay
Hall Booth Smith is consistently recognized as one of the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work.”
Last Awarded March 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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Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 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. 31 Hall Booth Smith attorneys were selected for the 2023 list.
Last Awarded August 2022
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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. 84 Hall Booth Smith attorneys were named AV Preeminent® in 2022.
Last Awarded 2022
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 in 2022.
Last Awarded 2022
Super Lawyers
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Hall Booth Smith had 15 attorneys recognized nationwide in 2022.
Awarded 2022
Rising Stars
The Rising Stars list is comprised of attorneys either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5 percent of candidates are named to the Rising Stars list each year. In 2022, Hall Booth Smith had 14 attorneys honored.
Awarded 2022
Top Workplaces USA
Hall Booth Smith was recognized as a Top Workplace in the 2022 Top Workplaces USA list. This list 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 the categories of Professional Development, Employee Well-Being, Employee Appreciation, and Purpose and Values that year.
Awarded 2022
Best Law Firms
Hall Booth Smith received rankings in 40 categories nationally and regionally in the 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” guide.
Awarded 2022
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 in 2023 as number #14.
Awarded December 2022
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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 in 2023 as number #8.
Awarded December 2022
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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