Legal
data
has
never
been
more
important
than
it
is
now.
2021
was
a
record-breaking
year
for
many
law
firms
who
dramatically
accelerated
their
growth
rates
compared
to
2020.
From
profit
and
growth
to
efficiencies
and
strategic
decisions,
legal
data
can
help
uncover
key
trends
from
this
record-breaking
year
that
may
not
be
readily
apparent,
making
it
a
critical
part
of
trend
analysis
for
2021
and
beyond.
The
TrueLaw
Litigation
Index
–
2021
Law
Firm
Ranking
is
UniCourt’s
third
annual
edition
of
our
report
highlighting
the
top
200
federal
civil
litigation
law
firms
by
case
count
for
all
United
States
District
Courts.
To
develop
this
report,
UniCourt
downloads
all
publicly
available
civil
PACER
cases
and
we
then
leverage
artificial
intelligence
and
automation
technologies
to
organize,
structure,
and
normalize
court
data
to
identify
the
attorneys,
law
firms,
parties
and
judges
involved
in
litigation
for
trend
analysis
and
litigation
intelligence.
For
the
second
year
in
a
row,
Vorys,
Sater,
Seymour
and
Pease,
LLP
is
the
top
federal
litigation
law
firm
across
all
U.S.
District
Courts.
In
this
article,
we’ll
review
the
data
behind
Vorys’s
cases,
who
some
of
their
top
clients
are,
and
how
they
beat
out
other
law
firms
again
in
2021.
How
Vorys
Clinched
First
Place
For
an
impressive
second
year
in
a
row,
Vorys
has
clinched
first
place
in
the
TrueLaw
Litigation
Index.
While
Vorys
has
topped
our
charts
for
the
past
two
years,
the
firm
has
been
providing
quality
legal
services
for
over
100
years.
Since
its
founding
in
Columbus,
Ohio
in
1909,
Vorys
has
gone
from
a
small,
four-person
office
to
a
legal
powerhouse,
employing
close
to
400
lawyers
across
eight
offices
in
Ohio,
Washington,
D.C.,
Texas,
Pennsylvania,
and
California.
Vorys
prides
itself
on
the
firm’s
record
of
success,
representing
clients
from
children’s
hospitals
and
Fortune
500
companies
to
individuals
from
all
walks
of
life.
But
Vorys
doesn’t
just
provide
exemplary
client
services,
it
has
also
been
identified
as
a
“Best
Place
to
Work
for
LGBTQ
Equality”
by
the
Human
Rights
Campaign,
and
consistently
makes
lists
of
best
lawyers
in
the
United
States.
Vorys’
rise
to
becoming
a
two-time
leader
in
U.S.
District
Court
litigation
is
mainly
due
to
one
legendary
rainmaker
and
mass
litigator
–
William
D.
Kloss
Jr.,
who
represents
Davol
Inc.
and
C.
R.
Bard,
Inc.
While
Vorys
had
a
decline
in
overall
case
volume
compared
to
2020,
Mr.
Kloss,
a
30-year
litigation
veteran,
handled
thousands
of
cases
in
2021,
leading
his
firm
to
the
title.
As
in
2020,
the
majority
of
Vorys’s
2021
cases
are
concentrated
in
Ohio.
The
top
five
jurisdictions
where
Vorys
litigated
are:
-
Southern
District
of
Ohio
–
3439 -
Northern
District
of
Ohio
–
19 -
Central
District
of
California
–
15 -
Northern
District
of
Texas
–
5 -
Northern
District
of
California
–
5
However,
with
access
to
federal
litigation
data,
we
can
dig
deeper
into
Vorys’s
2021
roadmap
to
first
place,
and
go
beyond
simple
jurisdictional
lists.
With
legal
data,
we
can
uncover
Vorys’s
primary
practice
areas,
top
clients,
and
most
active
litigators.
In
the
next
section,
we’ll
discuss
what
these
data
points
mean
for
Vorys
and
how
law
firms
can
use
legal
data
to
enhance
their
decision-making.
Dig
Deeper
with
Legal
Data
Legal
data
provides
law
firms
with
the
ability
to
make
targeted,
knowledgeable
decisions
regarding
litigation
strategies,
legal
marketing,
legal
recruiting,
and
practice
area
development.
It
can
also
enhance
their
knowledge
management
and
data
analytics
initiatives.
Legal
data
isn’t
just
case
specific.
Utilizing
litigation
intelligence
derived
from
legal
data
can
uncover
macro
trends
in
areas
impacting
caseloads,
clientele,
and
internal
efficiency.
By
breaking
down
litigation
by
case
types,
law
firms
can
easily
get
a
sense
of
where
their
business
is
coming
from.
Does
the
firm
handle
mainly
one
type
of
case
within
a
specific
practice
area?
Is
there
an
area
in
which
the
firm
is
expanding,
or
wants
to
expand
due
to
increased
profitability?
Deep
diving
into
caseload
data
allows
law
firms
to
divert
focus,
energy,
and
resources
to
the
practice
areas
driving
the
firm’s
success.
Alternatively,
caseload
data
gives
firms
the
chance
to
highlight
their
next
move:
did
you
litigate
significantly
more
of
a
certain
type
of
case
this
year
than
last?
It
may
be
time
to
invest
in
expanding
your
practice
to
capture
new
available
business
opportunities.
Here
are
Vorys’s
top
ten
case
types
for
2021:
-
Personal
Injury
–
Medical/Pharmaceutical
Product
Liability
–
2252 -
Personal
Injury
–
Other
Product
Liability
–
1089 -
Intellectual
Property
–
Trademark
–
26 -
Property
–
Real
Property
Product
Liability
–
23 -
Contract
–
Other
Contract
–
21 -
Civil
Right
–
Employment
Discrimination
–
20 -
Labor
–
Labor
Standard
–
14 -
Civil
Right
–
Other
Civil
Right
–
7 -
Property
–
Other
Personal
Property
–
7 -
Contract
–
Insurance
–
6
Litigation
volume,
however,
isn’t
the
only
important
metric
to
look
at
when
seeking
to
understand
a
law
firm’s
litigation
profile.
A
firm’s
client
roster
can
be
just
as,
if
not
more,
helpful
to
understanding
a
law
firm’s
business.
A
client
roster
is
like
a
private
social
media
handle:
it
illustrates
exactly
who
the
firm
wants
to
interact
with,
as
well
as
who
chooses
to
interact
with
the
firm.
Further,
it
highlights
key
clients
and
the
strength
or
weaknesses
the
firm
has
with
those
clients.
Do
you
want
to
understand
a
firm’s
health
outside
of
what
you
can
see
on
its
website?
Litigation
data
shows
which
clients
stick
with
the
firm
long
term,
and
which
took
their
business
elsewhere.
What’s
more,
looking
at
competitors’
client
rosters
can
be
critical
for
understanding
upcoming
business
development
opportunities.
2021
saw
Vorys
represent
a
variety
of
well-known
clients
across
multiple
different
disciplines.
Below,
we’ve
listed
some
of
Vorys’s
most
prominent
clients:
Finance
-
The
Home
Loan
Savings
Bank -
US
Bank
National
Association -
Premier
Bank -
Fifth
Third
Bank -
Global
Lending
Services
LLC
Insurance
-
Anthem
Blue
Cross
and
Blue
Shield -
Anthem
Insurance
Companies,
Inc. -
Community
Insurance,
Inc. -
The
Western
and
Southern
Life
Insurance -
Acceptance
Insurance
Agency
of
Tennessee,
Inc.
Retail
-
Mary
Kay
Inc. -
Big
Lots
Stores,
Inc. -
GNC
Holdings,
Inc. -
General
Nutrition
Corporation -
Abercrombie
&
Fitch
Management
Co. -
Victoria’s
Secret
Stores,
LLC -
The
Goodyear
Tire
&
Rubber
Company -
General
Electric
Company -
Jos.
A.
Bank
Clothiers,
Inc. -
Zale
Corporation
Notable
Mentions
-
Google
Inc. -
CBS
Broadcasting
Inc. -
Cushman
&
Wakefield
Western,
Inc. -
Abbott
Laboratories -
Viacom
Inc. -
FEDEX
Ground
Package
System,
Inc. -
The
Boeing
Company -
Monsanto
Company -
Halliburton
Energy
Services,
Inc. -
3M
Company
The
strength
of
a
firm’s
litigation
practice
can
be
directly
tied
to
its
top
litigators,
so
it’s
imperative
to
look
at
who
a
firm’s
litigators
are,
and
how
their
case
volume
is
spread
out
across
a
firm’s
practice
areas.
Identifying
top
rainmakers
can
assist
competitors
in
poaching
the
best
lateral
candidates
with
large
books
of
business,
give
future
clients
an
understanding
of
who
they’ll
potentially
be
working
with,
and
help
law
firm
HR
departments
highlight
top
performers
for
retention
and
promotions,
such
as
partnership
offers.
Here
are
Vorys’s
top
ten
attorneys
from
2021
and
their
respective
caseloads:
-
William
Darrell
Kloss,
Jr
–
3380 -
Emily
Anne
Papania
–
12 -
Kent
Allen
Britt
–
11 -
Nathaniel
Lampley,
Jr
–
10 -
Wesley
Abrams
–
9 -
Janay
Marie
Stevens
–
9 -
Thomas
N.
McCormick
–
7 -
Cory
D.
Catignani
–
7 -
Daniel
J.
Clark
–
7 -
Timothy
B.
McGranor
–
6
Each
of
the
data
points
we’ve
looked
at
individually
in
this
article
tell
an
interesting
story
and
give
a
small
window
into
the
larger
picture
of
Vorys’s
litigation
and
its
performance
over
the
last
year.
Combined
together,
these
data
points
can
be
used
to
create
a
bigger,
fuller
portrait
of
who
a
law
firm
is,
how
they
got
there,
and
where
they’re
headed.
Success
isn’t
just
about
the
money
coming
in
–
it
takes
a
holistic,
data-centric
view
of
a
law
firm’s
inner
workings
to
uncover
the
best
ways
to
expand,
take
on
new
clients,
and
ultimately,
increase
firm
profitability.
Whether
you
need
a
dossier
of
client
or
competitor
litigation
portfolios
for
business
intelligence,
information
to
enhance
your
business
development
initiatives
with
data
analytics,
or
a
way
to
see
litigation
trends
impacting
your
firm’s
profitability
in
real-time,
litigation
data
unlocks
the
intelligence
you
need
to
move
forward
with
confidence.
Interested
in
learning
more
about
the
TrueLaw
Litigation
Index
and
UniCourt’s
Legal
Data
as
a
Service?
Check
out
our
blog
post,
where
we
talk
about
how
the
2021
report
was
created,
give
a
rundown
of
2021’s
top
ten
civil
litigation
firms,
and
look
at
the
biggest
gains
and
losses
in
the
law
firm
rankings
from
2020
to
2021.
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