December 16, East Meadow - Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP is pleased to announced its inclusion in Fortune Magazine's list of the Top Ranked Law Firms in the United States, which will appear in the December 26, 2011 "Investor's Guide" issue. The list of firms recognized in the report will also be featured on CNNMoney.com, law.com, and martindale.com.

To create this list of Top Ranked Law Firms, LexisNexis, Martindale Hubbell tapped its comprehensive database of Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings to identify firms with 21 or more attorneys in which at least 1 in 3 of their lawyers achieved the AV Preeminent peer review rating – the highest peer review rating available. Of the 250 thousand law firms reviewed, 1,000 were selected, and 254 were from New York.

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings are driven by confidential opinions of lawyers and members of the judiciary who receive invitations from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell to provide reviews of lawyers of whom they have professional knowledge. As the highest rating available, an AV Preeminent Peer Review certification mark is a significant accomplishment – a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.

For further information, contact Debra Scala-Giokas, Director of Marketing, at (516) 296-7087.

Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP has grown into Long Island's second largest full-service law firm with offices in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Its 14 practice areas include: real estate, real property tax certiorari and condemnation, cooperative and condominium, land use, environmental law, corporate/securities, litigation, commercial lending, labor relations/employment law, bankruptcy and debtor/creditor rights, trusts and estates, elder law, telecommunications law, and criminal law.