SKO has been named to the 2025 Best Law Firms ® edition once again. The firm received 94 Metropolitan Tier rankings in four markets across Kentucky and Indiana.
Best Law Firms rankings celebrate firms that have consistently demonstrated excellence in legal expertise and industry knowledge. Each firm included has been rigorously evaluated based on client feedback, peer recommendations, leadership interviews, and the depth of their practice.
SKO’s rankings are listed below in tiers on a metropolitan scale:
Metropolitan Tier 1
Evansville
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts and Estates
Indianapolis
- Banking and Finance Law
- Healthcare Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Healthcare
- Litigation – Insurance
- Real Estate Law
Lexington
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Individuals
- Employment Law – Management
- Healthcare Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Utilities Law
Louisville
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Healthcare
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Litigation – Securities
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Real Estate Law
- Utilities Law
Metropolitan Tier 2
Evansville
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Elder Law
- Family Law
- Healthcare Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Indianapolis
- Arbitration
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Labor and Employment
Lexington
- Construction Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Energy Law
- Immigration Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation – Insurance
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Louisville
- Banking and Finance Law
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Environmental Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Tax Law
- Trusts and Estates
Metropolitan Tier 3
Indianapolis
- Commercial Finance Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Trusts and Estates
Louisville
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Litigation – Environmental