Barnes & Thornburg

Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Headquarters	Barnes and Thornburg Building Indianapolis, Indiana
No. of offices	12
No. of attorneys	approximately 550
Major practice areas	Full service law, Lobbying
Key people	Alan A. Levin, managing partner[1]
Date founded	1982
Company type	Limited liability partnership
Website
btlaw.com

Barnes & Thornburg LLP is a large U.S. law firm and lobbying group with 12 offices located in the United States. It is currently the largest law firm in the state of Indiana, and 97th largest in the United States.^[2] Their largest office is at the Barnes and Thornburg Building in Indianapolis, Indiana.

History

The firm was founded in 1982 as a merger of two 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 and opening offices in cities such as Chicago, Grand Rapids, Mich; Columbus, Ohio; Minneapolis; Atlanta and Los Angeles, amongst others. In 2007, the National Law Journal ranked Barnes & Thornburg as the 97th largest law firm in the United States. In 2012, the American Lawyer released its AmLaw 100 rankings, and Barnes & Thornburg was listed at No. 99.^[3]

Practice areas

In addition to its lobbying work, Barnes & Thornburg has practice areas in healthcare law, environmental law, and construction law, and some niche specialties such as aviation law.^[4] By expanding through mergers, they have acquired practice groups from other firms in the fields of labor and employment, intellectual property, and estate planning.^[2]

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