Polsinelli

Polsinelli is a full-service firm with a roster of nationwide clients. The firm is known for its
corporate, transactional, intellectual property (IP), litigation, and regulatory practices with a
focus on the healthcare, real estate, finance, technology, private equity, and life sciences
industries.

Midwestern to Nationwide

Formed in 1972 in Kansas City, MO, Polsinelli has since grown to over 1,000 attorneys and over 20 offices from coast to coast. The firm has seen a rapid ascent through the nationwide legal rankings as one of the fastest rising firms of the decade, and it is committed to meeting clients’ expectations of what a law firm should be.

National Leaders in Healthcare, Real Estate, M&A, Labor & Employment, and Intellectual Property

Polsinelli’s leading healthcare law practice counsels clients—from hospitals to clinical researchers and physician organizations—on all types of healthcare transactions, disputes, and regulatory issues. The firm’s prowess is bolstered by its roster of attorneys, including former in-house counsel of national healthcare institutions; former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS attorneys; healthcare consultants; physician-, nurse-, and pharmacist-attorneys; and former U.S. attorneys and assistant U.S. attorneys with experience in healthcare fraud investigations. In addition to the firm’s legal services, Polsinelli Healthcare Solutions provides consulting services to clients in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors.

Polsinelli is similarly strong in the real estate sector, where it has navigated multimillion and billion dollar deals at all stages, from single-asset transactions to large portfolio transactions, advising clients from acquisition through development, debt and equity financing, and leasing all the way through disposition, litigation, and distress solutions. The firm’s corporate team advises clients across the entire spectrum of business-related matters, ranging from general corporate advice to clients’ most transformative deals and transactions across a multitude of industries.

Polsinelli’s labor- and employment-centered practices have a strong litigation track record and a history of frequently counseling clients of all sizes on labor and employment issues. The firm is home to one of the largest teams in the country advising clients on employee benefits, executive compensation, and employee stock ownership plans.

In the IP realm, the firm has one of the largest practices in the nation with more than 200 attorneys, patent agents, scientists, and other professionals and a deep bench of attorneys who have technical degrees and backgrounds. Polsinelli also has more than 40 specialized IP trial lawyers offering clients full life cycle representation for high-stakes dispute resolution. The firm has been rated a top patent firm based on factors such as the number of patents filed, allowance rate, average number of office actions before allowance, and average time to allowance.

Diversity and Inclusion

Polsinelli has several attorney resource groups: The Women's Empowerment Committee, LGBTQ+ Resource Group, Polsinelli | Black (African American Resource Group), Polsinelli Latin Alliance, and API@Polsinelli (Asian Pacific Islander Resource Group). Among its other diversity initiatives, the firm is an active member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, and has a regular diversity publication entitled Mosaic, which highlights the firm’s diversity efforts. In 2022, Polsinelli initiated a diverse attorney retreat, which is held regularly.

• No. 60 in the Am Law 100 annual law firm rankings, 2024—The American Lawyer
• National recognition for Healthcare: The Elite; Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare; Real Estate; Sports Law; Franchising; Government Contracts; and International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) and recognition for 111 attorneys and 19 different practice areas in nearly all of the firm’s geographic locations nationwide, 2024—Chambers & Partners
• Among the Best Law Firms for 40 practice areas nationally and 61 practice areas regionally with six attorneys named Lawyers of the Year and more than 500 attorneys recognized, 2025—Best Lawyers
• Mansfield Rule Certification 6.0 Plus and 7.0 Plus, 2023 and 2024—Diversity Lab
• Top score (100%) on the Corporate Equality Index, 2025—Human Rights Campaign