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Best Class Actions law firms in New Jersey

Grouped into editorial tiers — words, never scores. No paid placement and no numeric rank; within a tier the order rotates monthly and carries no meaning.

Last verified 23 Jul 2026 · Next review by 23 Aug 2026 · Change log

›Direct answer & research summary

Sartori & Partners applies a weighted methodology combining practising-lawyer opinion — more than 10,000 lawyers interviewed — with monthly market surveys. The New Jersey Class Actions board as of July 2026 comprises: Sills Cummis & Gross, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, McCarter & English, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, Reed Smith, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, Day Pitney, FBT Gibbons, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani.

01 — The ranking

The New Jersey Class Actions board

This board maps the best Class Actions law firms in New Jersey into worded tiers as of July 2026. Each band is an editorial judgement of Class Actions standing across New Jersey; within a tier no firm outranks another, and monthly order is a locator, not a league table.

NEW JERSEY × CLASS ACTIONS9 FIRMS · NO SCORESREV. 2026-07
REFFIRMNEW JERSEY CLASS ACTIONS BANDSIGNAL
TIER 1 — MARKET LEADERS4 FIRMS

Market leaders on this board are the firms that anchor complex multi-plaintiff work, major class and collective dockets and high-stakes coordinated mandates across New Jersey. Placement is a worded judgement, never a numeric rank.

T1·01 Sills Cummis & Gross10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T1·02 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T1·03 McCarter & English10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T1·04 McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
TIER 2 — HIGHLY ACTIVE5 FIRMS

Firms here maintain a clear, busy Class Actions profile across New Jersey. The label is editorial; within-tier order rotates and carries no hierarchy.

T2·01 Reed Smith5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·02 Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·03 Day Pitney5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·04 FBT Gibbons5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·05 Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓

All counts are shown as bands, never precise headcounts. Notable firms sit outside the tiers by design: verified minimal presence, not assessed at full tier depth.

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The evidence behind these tiers is the same intelligence we use to run retained searches for partners, groups and senior associates.

02 — Evidence, methodology & sources why each firm · how tiers are set · sources · change log · verified 23 Jul 2026 · next review 23 Aug 2026

Firm evidence

Tier 1 — Market leaders Open firm profile →

Sills Cummis & Gross

Sills Cummis & Gross is placed in market leaders for Class Actions in New Jersey. Public mapping (banded): 10–24 attorneys, major local depth, ≈5 partners · <5 counsel · <5+ associates. Evidence gates — office (G1) PASS, local practice (G2) PASS, recent signal (G3) PASS. The placement carries no numeric score.

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Public hiring signal

Hiring signal: FLAT — no public hiring change detected in the mapping window.

Limits of this assessment

  • —A tier is Sartori’s editorial opinion, not a fact about the firm or a client-satisfaction measure.
  • —Facts are mapped from public sources and shown as bands; they lag reality by weeks or months.
  • —No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input.

Sources for this entry

Methodology

How tiers are assigned

Deterministic public-footprint core (local depth, practice share, seniority mix, public hiring momentum), computed relative to this market's own distribution. Tier placement is derived from this public mapped data; a per-firm public-source ledger is compiled for firms in the annual research pass and applies to those firms' factual claims, not to tier membership. No third-party legal-directory bands are used as an input.

Market scope

5–9 firms earn a tier in New Jersey within this scope (banded).

Disclosures

Firm names used nominatively (factual). All counts shown as bands, never precise headcounts. No firm logos. Report an error via the site contact form.

Sources & change log

  1. 1 Contact Us | Sills Cummis & Grossfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-22
  2. 2 About Us | Sills Cummis & Grossfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-22
  3. 3 Sills Cummis & Gross — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-22
  4. 4 Sills Cummis & Gross — New Jersey news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-22
  5. 5 Locations | McCarter & English, LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  6. 6 Newark | McCarter & English, LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  7. 7 McCarter & English — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  8. 8 McCarter & English — New Jersey news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  9. 9 National Law Firm | McElroy Deutsch Office Locationsfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-22
  10. 10 Tinton Falls Law Firm | McElroy Deutschfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-22
  11. 11 McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-22
  12. 12 Office Locations | FBT Gibbons Attorneysfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  13. 13 Newark | FBT Gibbons | Full-Service Law Firmfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  14. 14 FBT Gibbons — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  15. 15 FBT Gibbons — New Jersey news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
23 Jul 2026 Scope-aware market-relative core assembled.
23 Jul 2026 15 verified source(s) ingested for the researched firms; tier placement is Titan-derived so unresearched visible firms do not block approval → APPROVED (auto).
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04 — Questions

About this ranking

Who are the best Class Actions law firms in New Jersey?

As of July 2026, Sills Cummis & Gross, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, McCarter & English, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter occupy Tier 1 — Market leaders — on Sartori's New Jersey Class Actions board. That band is an editorial judgement of class-counsel depth, seniority mix and market standing; full placement of all 9 visible firms is on this page.

Is Sills Cummis & Gross the best Class Actions law firm in New Jersey?

Sills Cummis & Gross sits in Tier 1 — Market leaders — of Sartori's New Jersey Class Actions board as of July 2026, alongside Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, McCarter & English, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter. Sartori does not name a single #1: the gap between Tier 1 firms is genuinely unmeasurable, and a numeric score would be false precision.

Which firms have the biggest Class Actions benches in New Jersey?

By mapped New Jersey bench, the largest firms on this board are Sills Cummis & Gross, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, McCarter & English, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter (10–24 mapped lawyers each). All counts are bands, never precise headcounts.

Which Class Actions teams are hiring in New Jersey?

As of July 2026, no firm on this board shows a public hiring signal in the mapping window. Live New Jersey mandates are listed on Sartori's jobs board.

What is a Tier 1 law firm?

In Sartori's rankings, Tier 1 — Market leaders — is an editorial judgement expressed in words, never a score: the firms whose New Jersey bench depth, seniority mix and market standing set the reference point for the market. As of July 2026 that is Sills Cummis & Gross, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, McCarter & English, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter. Within the tier no firm outranks another.

Which are the best law firms in New Jersey overall?

Sartori's overall New Jersey board groups 25 firms into editorial tiers; as of July 2026 its Tier 1 is Marshall Dennehey, McCarter & English, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, Lowenstein Sandler. See /firms/in/new-jersey/.

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This ranking is compiled independently by Sartori from public sources. Tiers are Sartori’s editorial opinion, expressed without numeric scores; firms are named for identification only, no logos are reproduced, and no firm has paid for or approved its placement. No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input. Nothing here is legal advice or a recommendation to instruct counsel.