Akerman was ranked by Lex Machina among the top U.S. law firms for bankruptcy litigation, based on the number of bankruptcy appeals handled in district courts across the country. The firm ranked no. 2 for the number of appellee-side cases.

The 2017 Bankruptcy Litigation in District Court is the first annual report issued by Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company. It includes comprehensive data on bankruptcy appeals cases filed in U.S. District Court since January 2009 through the third quarter of 2017.