About Archer Norris

Fast Facts

The Basics

  • A leading complex litigation and business transactional law firm, based in California, creating effective strategies for national and regional clients wherever they need us
  • More than 100 California-tested lawyers admitted to practice in 15 states
  • One in four Archer Norris attorneys are Martindale-Hubbell®-rated AVPreeminent™ lawyers
  • Home to CA State Bar-certified specialists in appellate, franchise law, taxation and estate planning, trust and probate law
  • Named a Best Places to Work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times for two consecutive years, 2009 and 2010

Core Practice

  • Core counsel in complex litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, health care, public entity, environmental and real estate transactions
  • Fully-integrated, multipractice law firm that delivers value and results to local, regional and national clients
  • On Call Trial Counsel – Archer Norris’ top trial team that can turn a case around, because it is never too late for clients to take charge of the outcome of their case
  • Committed to dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation and arbitration, we seek to limit lengthy trials to only the most intractable cases
  • Excel in complex matters - our transactional attorneys have negotiated real estate, financial, and business agreements involving hundreds of millions of dollars, advising from Hawaii to the East Coast

Focused on Growth, Focused on You

  • Archer Norris Road Show is a series of more than 50 legal seminars to help clients navigate the business highway in California and beyond
  • #1 ranked by the San Francisco Business Times on their 2010 list of “Largest Law Firms in the East Bay”
  • Our Focus on Growth for clients parallels our own - we’ve had 3 years of cumulative double-digit growth since 2008
  • Firm’s diversity profile increases each year, current workforce is 60% female and 28% minority; partner diversity 25%
  • Our Social Impact Program, among the first of its kind, translates support of diversity, inclusion and community into real-life philanthropy
  • We support more than 60 civic, professional and community organizations, and received multiple recognitions and awards for our service to charitable and public service groups and commitment to diversity

 

"Our employees sustain our focus on excellence throughout California and beyond."

Eugene C. Blackard Jr.
Managing Partner