| Barnes & Thornburg LLP | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, IN |
| No. of offices | 7 |
| No. of attorneys | approximately 475 |
| Major practice areas | Lobbying, general practice |
| Key people | Alan A. Levin, managing partner[1] |
| Date founded | 1982 |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
| Slogan | Midwestern value + Global perspective |
| Website | |
| btlaw.com | |
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.[2] Their main headquarters is at the Barnes and Thornburg Building in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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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.[3] In 2007, the National Law Journal ranked Barnes & Thornburg as the 97th largest law firm in the United States.
In addition to its lobbying work, Barnes & Thornburg has a broad spectrum of practice areas,[4] including some niche specialties such as aviation law[5] and jury research.[6] 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.[2]
Hiroaki "Hiro" Nishikawara,[7] Japanese trade mission associate of Indiana governor Mitch Daniels[8] who gained some degree of notoriety[9] when he was publicly reprimanded for "patronizing a prostitute" by the Indiana Supreme Court by Order entered December 3, 2010.[10]
A number of Jack Abramoff's former colleagues in Team Abramoff defected to Barnes & Thornburg's Washington D.C. office.[11] Among them are: