INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. News Media Group (U.S. News) and Best Lawyers named Barnes & Thornburg LLP to the 2017 “Best Law Firms” list as first tier in 85 practice areas, including nine national rankings. Appellate practice and insurance law were added this year to the firm’s list of national Tier 1 rankings.
The firm ranks as a national “Tier 1 Best Law Firm” in nine practice areas:
- Appellate Practice
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
In the metropolitan listing, the firm ranks first-tier in several of its local markets. Barnes & Thornburg’s Tier 1 metropolitan rankings are:
Chicago
- Environmental Law
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Patent
- Patent Law
Columbus, Ohio
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Real Estate Law
Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Patent
Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Environmental Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Patent
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Indianapolis
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law – Management
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- First Amendment Law
- Gaming Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Information Technology Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – First Amendment
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation – Municipal
- Litigation – Patent
- Litigation – Securities
- Litigation – Tax
- Municipal Law
- Patent Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Securities Regulation
- Tax Law
- Trademark Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
Los Angeles
- Employment Law – Management
Minneapolis
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
South Bend, Indiana
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Tax Law
With more than 600 attorneys and other legal professionals, Barnes & Thornburg is one of the largest law firms in the country. The firm serves clients worldwide from 13 offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Indiana, Los Angeles, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com or on Twitter @BTLawNews.
