Nijman Franzetti LLP Celebrates Multiple Honors in the 2025 Best Lawyers in America® and 2025 Best Law Firms in America® Rankings including Lawyer of the Year for Environmental Law

6 Nijman Franzetti LLP  lawyers have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America^®. Since its first publication in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

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Nijman Franzetti LLP would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2025 The Best Lawyers in America^® list:

• Susan E. Brice – Environmental Law
• Susan M. Franzetti – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
• Kristen Laughridge Gale – Environmental Law
• E. Lynn Grayson – Environmental Law and Natural Resources Law
• Jennifer T. Nijman – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
• Jacqueline M. Vidmar – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental

A special congratulations to Jennifer T. Nijman for her recognition as 2025 Best Lawyers^® Lawyer of the Year for Environmental Law in Chicago. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this a significant and coveted accolade.

Further cementing its commitment to excellence, Nijman Franzetti LLP has also been recognized in the 2025 Best Law Firms in America^® for Environmental Law and  rankings, earning national and regional acclaim. The 2025 edition of Best Law Firms in America^® includes rankings in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan-based practice areas. The transparent, collaborative research process employs qualitative and quantitative data from peer and client reviews, supported by proprietary algorithmic technology, to produce a tiered system of industry-led rankings of the top 4% of the industry.

Nijman Franzetti LLP achieved the following Best Law Firms^® rankings in 2025:

• National Tier 1 – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
• National Tier 2 – Natural Resources Law
• Regional Tier 1 (Chicago) – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law

These accolades underscore the firm’s dedication to providing outstanding legal services across key environmental and natural resources law practices, reflecting its leading position in the legal industry and its commitment to client satisfaction and legal excellence.