Brian Casey is a partner in the Litigation Department of Barnes & Thornburg's South Bend, Indiana, office. He concentrates his practice on business litigation, particularly securities and ERISA litigation, as well as appellate practice.

Brian has represented issuers, and their directors and officers in private securities fraud class actions, SEC and Department of Labor investigations and enforcement actions, as well as investigations by the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service. He has represented ERISA plan sponsors, plan administrators, and plan fiduciaries in all types of ERISA litigation. He has represented members in disputes involving limited liability companies.

Experience
  • Barnes & Thornburg attorneys handled claims on behalf of the owner of an aircraft involved in a crash in which the pilot and four passengers were killed. All four passenger wrongful death cases were resolved within 12 weeks of the accident – thus sparing the families further trauma. The team then conducted an independent investigation into the cause of the accident, including full-scale reconstruction. The attorneys also appealed the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) fault determination through the U.S. Supreme Court and lobbied both administrative agencies and Congress for improved safety regulations.
  • Barnes & Thornburg attorneys obtained summary judgment on an ERISA wrongful denial of benefits claim brought by a former employee against a welfare benefits plan. Following a successful result in the district court, the plan obtained a successful result through the Seventh Circuit mediation process. Kehoe v. 1st Source Healthcare Benefits Plan, 2008 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 102193 (N. D. Ind. Dec.
Credentials

Education

  • Rice University, B.A., 1989, cum laude
  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1992

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • Colorado
  • Indiana

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Clerkships

  • HonorablePamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993 - 1994
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