BatesCarey is pleased to announce that firm Founding Partner Robert J. Bates, Jr. and Adam H. Fleischer have been recognized as leading Insurance and Reinsurance coverage attorneys by London-based Legal Media Group's Expert Guides series for 2018. Bates has earned this distinction since 2016.    

Expert Guides' rigorous peer-reviewed nomination and research process involves four stages in narrowing down a shortlist of world's leading practitioners in specific areas of law in more than 90 jurisdictions. For more than 20 years, these worldwide rankings have been a source of guidance for in-house counsel for large enterprises. For more information, click here.    

This news comes on the heels of Bates once again being individually ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA in Insurance Dispute Resolution: Insurer and a leader in Reinsurance. Fleischer was also named a top coverage attorney in Illinois for Insurance Dispute Resolution. BatesCarey earned the highly-coveted overall Band 1 ranking by Chambers USA in the category of Insurance Dispute Resolution: Insurer in Illinois and was selected as one of only three firms in the state to receive this ultimate honor, which it has held for 14 consecutive years. Chambers is the legal industry's most respected international rankings system in which a team of over 170 full-time researchers identify the world's best attorneys.