Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Brian L. Burdick - Attorney - Partner

Brian L. Burdick, a partner in Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indianapolis, Indiana office, concentrates his practice in the areas of government services and public finance. In the public finance area, he serves as special counsel to commercial and investment banks, money management firms, and registered investment advisors advising them on issues in the tax-exempt marketplace including Indiana public-fund banking and investment issues. Mr. Burdick also represents governmental entities as well as underwriters and credit providers in their various roles in public debt offerings. He serves as general counsel to the Indiana County Treasurers’ Association and the Indiana Bond Bank. His government services practice focuses primarily on representing both public and private clients before state and local regulatory bodies and administrative agencies, counseling them on public contracting and bidding, state and local government ethics laws, and financing transactions. As a registered lobbyist, he represents numerous public and private clients before the Indiana General Assembly and advises them on Indiana’s lobbying, election and campaign finance laws. Mr. Burdick was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 in the fields of government relations law and municipal law.

Mr. Burdick served as deputy treasurer of state under State Treasurer Marjorie H. O’Laughlin from 1991 until he joined Barnes & Thornburg in 1995. In this capacity, he managed the state’s $2.5 billion investment portfolio and advised the treasurer on various tax-exempt financing matters. He was a member of the Underground Storage Tank Financial Assurance Board until leaving state government and continues to be a frequent speaker on public cash management investment issues to state and local public-fund investment officers. Mr. Burdick was appointed by the governor to serve as chairman of the Indiana Election Commission and on the Board of Governors of the Governmental Affairs Society of Indiana.

Mr. Burdick received his B.A. summa cum laude from Wabash College in 1991 and his J.D. cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis in 1995. He served as an associate editor on the Indiana Law Review and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Burdick is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Indiana.

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