The Tulsa World has invited Wirth Law Office and founder James M. Wirth to the Sept. Best in the World reveal as finalists in two high-profile categories: Best Law Firm and Best Attorney. The recognition follows a series of prominent accolades in 2026, including Super Lawyers honors, selection among Oklahoma Magazine’s Best of the Best attorneys and a place on the nationwide Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private firms.
Lee Publications’ Tulsa World will reveal the 2026 Best in the World winners Sept. 17. Wirth Law Office is one of three finalists for Best Law Firm, and James Wirth is one of three finalists for Best Attorney.
For people choosing a lawyer, the broader pattern may matter more than any an award or recognition for growth.
In fact, no plaque, ranking or popular ballot result can or should decide which attorney is right for a particular case. Yet recognition from several independent sources can give prospective clients useful insights into something that can be hard to measure before they hire a lawyer: whether a firm has built the kind of practice that earns notice from peers, publications, business organizations and the people it serves.
Different Recognition, Different Measures
James Wirth was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers in both 2025 and 2026. Oklahoma Magazine named him among its 2026 Best of the Best attorneys.
Wirth Law Office also ranked No. 2628 on the 2026 Inc. 5000, recognizing the firm’s growth from 2022 through 2025.
Each accolade reflects growth, maturity and recognitions along a distinct dimension:
- Super Lawyers evaluates attorneys through nominations, independent research and peer evaluation.
- Oklahoma Magazine’s Best of the Best reflects popular recognition statewide.
- The Inc. 5000 measures sustained business growth.
- Tulsa World’s Best in the World competition adds another perspective: more than a quarter-million voters naming their favorite Tulsa businesses.
Taken individually, each provides insight as to one dimension of the firm’s performance. Together, they describe a firm drawing attention from the legal profession, the business community and the communities it serves. For clients, sustained growth recognized along multiple dimensions offers assurance they can trust Wirth Law Office to reduce the burden of complex legal problems. It means they can trust us to make law easy.
Recognition Should Reflect Service
In family law and in criminal defense, people rarely go searching for a lawyer because everything is going well. Even probate matters, arising from life’s inevitable changes, broach our most existential concerns. Whatever the weight, it’s usually a burden.
They may be facing a divorce or custody dispute that affects their family every day. A criminal charge may threaten their freedom, livelihood or reputation. A probate matter may arrive while a family is already dealing with loss. Other legal problems can suddenly force people to make important decisions in unfamiliar territory.
At those moments, prospective clients are asked to place considerable trust in people they may have only recently met.
That is why recognition has value only when something stands behind it.
At Wirth Law Office, the aim is to provide individual representation while putting a larger organization behind the attorney-client relationship. Local attorneys are supported by integrated operations, technology, intake and client-service systems engineered to make information easier to obtain, communication more consistent and the legal process easier to understand.
The firm’s Inc. 5000 ranking documented the compounding growth that helped build and maintain that capacity.
Throughout the life of the firm, news organizaThe current run of recognition adds another dimension: outside organizations and local voters are increasingly taking notice of the firm and its attorneys.
What Accolades Mean for Clients
Awards should never replace a client’s own evaluation of an attorney. A prospective client should still ask whether a lawyer understands the problem, communicates clearly, has relevant experience and offers a sensible path forward.
Recognition can, however, provide useful context. It can show that an attorney’s work has drawn notice among professional peers. It can show that a firm has developed enough organizational strength to gain national business recognition. And a community vote can say indicate the firm has earned familiarity and trust among the people it serves.
That is especially significant for a law firm whose longstanding promise is simple:
Make law easy!™
The law itself is not always easy. Neither are the circumstances that bring someone to a lawyer.
Making law easy means doing what can be done to remove unnecessary difficulty from the experience: helping people understand their options, know what happens next, communicate with their legal team and move through consequential legal matters with greater clarity.
The awards are gratifying. The service behind them matters more.
The Verdict Is In: Sept. 17
Technically, the jury has returned a verdict. Votes have been counted. Winners names are sealed. The reveal is set to bring hundreds of Tulsa small business owners and staff to the Tulsa World Best in the World awards ceremony on Sept. 17.
Wirth Law Office enters the evening as one of three finalists for Best Law Firm in Tulsa. James Wirth enters as one of three finalists for Best Attorney in Tulsa.
For the firm, the announcement marks a year in which growth and recognition are increasingly converging around the same idea: building a stronger organization that can provide better support when people need legal help.
The verdict is in. Tulsa trusts Wirth Law Office.
And whatever title gets announced Sept. 17, the work behind that trust continues with the same promise:
We Make Law Easy.™
