Barnes & Thornburg LLP received 87 first-tier rankings in the 2014 U.S. News Media Group (U.S. News) and Best Lawyers annual “Best Law Firm” rankings, which were announced today. Barnes & Thornburg ranks as a national “Tier 1 Best Law Firm” in five practice areas nationally – employment law-management, labor law-management, environmental litigation, patent law and trademark law – and as first-tier in 82 practice areas in several of its local markets. Barnes & Thornburg rankings are as follows:
NATIONAL TIER 1
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Environmental
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
METROPOLITAN TIER 1
Chicago
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
Columbus,Ohio
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Government Relations Practice
Fort Wayne
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Litigation - Patent
- Tax Law
Grand Rapids
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Environmental Law
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Patent Law
Indianapolis
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar – Governmental Investigations
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Gaming Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Information Technology Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - ERISA
- Litigation - First Amendment
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
- Litigation - Patent
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Litigation - Securities
- Litigation - Tax
- Litigation - Trusts & Estates
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- 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
- Venture Capital Law
Los Angeles
- Employment Law - Management
- Labor Law - Union
South Bend
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Government Relations Practice
- Labor Law - Management
- Labor Law - Union
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Labor & Employment
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
The U.S. News/Best Lawyers “Best Law Firm” rankings provide a comprehensive view of the U.S. legal industry that is unparalleled in the range of firms represented and in the qualitative and quantitative data used to develop the rankings. The Law Firm of the Year distinction is based on a combination of high performance client surveys and responses to national surveys by attorneys in the same practice areas in other firms.
With more than 600 attorneys and other legal professionals, Barnes & Thornburg LLP is one of the 100 largest law firms in the country. The firm serves clients worldwide from its offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Los Angeles, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. Visit us online at www.btlaw.com. You can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/btlawnews.
