Barnes & Thornburg

Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Barnes & Thornburg LLP
firm_logo =
headquarters = Indianapolis, IN
num_offices = 7
num_attorneys = approximately 475
num_employees =
practice_areas = Lobbying, general practice
key_people = Alan A. Levin, managing partner [ [http://www.btlaw.com/person.asp?personnel_ID=155 Alan A. Levin firm bio] ]
revenue =
date_founded = 1982
founder =
company_type = Limited liability partnership
firm_slogan = Midwestern value + Global perspective
homepage = [http://www.btlaw.com/Section.asp?Section=Home btlaw.com]
dissolved =

Barnes & Thornburg LLP is a large U.S. law firm and lobbying group. It is currently the largest law firm in the state of Indiana, and 97th largest in the United States. [http://www.martindale.com/Barnes-Thornburg-LLP/law-firm-294912.htm Lexis-Nexis Martindale-Hubbell profile] ] Their main headquarters is at the Barnes and Thornburg Building in Indianapolis, Indiana.

History

The firm was founded in 1982 as a merger of two large Indiana-based firms: the Indianapolis-based Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd (founded in 1940) and the South Bend-based Thornburg, McGill, Deahl, Harman, Carey & Murray (founded in 1926). Since the merger, the firm has expanded by acquiring a number of smaller firms. [ [http://www.btlaw.com/SubSection.asp?SubSection=Firm+History&Section=About+Us Firm history] ] In 2007, the National Law Journal ranked Barnes & Thornburg as the 97th largest law firm in the United States.

Practice areas

In addition to its lobbying work, Barnes & Thornburg has a broad spectrum of practice areas, [ [http://www.btlaw.com/Section.asp?Section=Services Full list of practice areas] ] including some niche specialties such as aviation law [ [http://www.btlaw.com/ServiceArea.asp?Section=Services&ServiceArea_ID=16 Aviation Law practice group] ] and jury research [ [http://www.btlaw.com/ServiceArea.asp?Section=Services&ServiceArea_ID=38 Jury Research and Settlement Analysis practice group] ] . By expanding through mergers, they have acquired large practice groups from other firms in the fields of labor and employment, intellectual property, and estate planning.

Notable lawyers and alumni

Connection to Jack Abramoff scandals

A number of Jack Abramoff's former colleagues in Team Abramoff defected to Barnes & Thornburg's Washington D.C. office. [ [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Barnes_%26_Thornburg_LLP Sourcewatch article] ] Among them are:
*Kevin A. Ring (resigned 13 April 2007)
*Neil Volz (resigned 6 January 2006) [ [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Neil_G._Volz Neil Volz at Sourcewatch] ]
*Edward P. Ayoob [ [http://www.btlaw.com/Person.asp?Personnel_ID=408 Edward Ayoob's firm bio] ]

Other famous alumni

*Nels Ackerson--former staffer for U.S. Senator Birch Bayh, currently running for U.S. House of Representatives in Indiana's 4th congressional district
*Susan Bayh--wife of U.S. Senator Evan Bayh, member of numerous corporate boards
*Richard J. Hall--former NCAA basketball star and winner of the Walter Byers Scholarship. [cite web|url=http://www.btlaw.com/person.asp?personnel_ID=276|title=Richard Hall firm bio|accessdate=2008-08-02|publisher=Barnes & Thornburg LLP]

Offices

* Chicago, Illinois
* Elkhart, Indiana
* Fort Wayne, Indiana
* Indianapolis, Indiana
* South Bend, Indiana
* Grand Rapids, Michigan
* Washington D.C.

References

External links

* [http://www.btlaw.com/Section.asp?Section=Home Homepage]
* [http://www.lawperiscope.com/profiles/033.html LawPeriscope profile]
* [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=2828&mode=firms&display=1 Chambers USA profile]
* [http://www.vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?co_page=1&product_id=6118&ch_id=242 Vault.com profile]
* [http://www.martindale.com/Barnes-Thornburg-LLP/law-firm-294912.htm Profile] from from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell