Full-Service Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor, Business, Healthcare & Insurance Practices
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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One North Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60625 USA |
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(312) 357-1313
Law Firm Overview
With nearly 540 legal professionals throughout offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Indiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., Barnes & Thornburg LLP is one of the largest law firms in the U.S., serving clients from more than 50 practice and industry areas. Our main practice areas include litigation, intellectual property, labor and employment, white collar crime, business law, governmental services and finance, energy, telecommunications, transportation and utilities, environmental, healthcare and creditors’ rights. Twenty-five of our lawyers are highly rated in the 2009 Chambers USA Guide. Our value-focused business model delivers sophisticated services at a greater value, comparable to larger firms, in combination with client-attention that other firms may simply be unable to provide.Our IP Group has a strong record of patent procurement and enforcement, and, the legal and technical experience required to facilitate robust protection of our clients’ IP interests and investments in technological innovation, including extensive experience with computer hardware, software, storage and data technologies. With over 40 registered patent attorneys, and ranked 89th among all U.S. law firms in the number of U.S. Issued Patents in 2008, the group has collectively prepared over 11,000 original patent applications. Our Trademark group is among the top 15 firms nationally and ranked 11th in 2008 for the number of USPTO applications submitted. We also have a robust Advertisng & Marketing Practices Group focused on advertising, labeling, and marketing and promotion, especially as relates to the Internet, new and emerging media, branded entertainment, and user-generated content issues. We offer a full process IP litigation approach, from initial controversy through settlement discussions, mediation, arbitration, trial, judgment, appeal, and final resolution with a successful record of resolving cases at the claim construction or summary judgment stage, thus winning for our clients at the early stages.
Our Insurance Recovery Group was recently listed as one of the 10 largest insurance recovery law firms in the U.S. and ranked ninth in the nation for its number of attorneys. With more than 100 attorneys with substantial litigation experience we provide nationwide coordination of litigation, and advise on litigation prevention, insurance, and claims-management systems.
Our Litigation and Insurance groups are first-tier listed by Chambers USA. Our Labor & Employment group is ranked as among the “Top 10” employment groups nationally in defending employment discrimination claims, 11th in the country in all labor matters combined, is the 2nd fastest-growing labor and employment practice in the U.S., with more than 25 of our partners ed for inclusion in Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers in 2009 Workforce Management Magazines 2009 "Hot List" of Top U.S. Labor and Employment Firms Top 20 busiest firms for ADA, Civil Rights, Employment Practices and listed by Corporate Counsel Magazine as one of the "Go-To Law Firms of the Worlds Leading Companies." Our Corporate and M&A Group is also listed in the first tier by Chambers USA Directory and noted as “a major player [that] fields a deep bench of talent.”
