SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORD

Best Lawyers ® has named Barnes & Thornburg to the 2025 “Best Law Firms” list with 162 top rankings, including 21 Tier 1 designations nationally.

The firm ranks as a national Tier 1 Best Law Firm in these areas as designated by the publication:

• Banking and Finance Law
• Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Immigration Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Construction
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Patent Law
• Real Estate Law
• Technology Law
• Trademark Law
• Trusts and Estates

In the metropolitan listing, Barnes & Thornburg ranks Tier 1 in several practice areas in 17 of its local markets. The firm’s Tier 1 metropolitan rankings are:

Atlanta

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
• Entertainment Law - Music
• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Boston

• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Chicago

• Copyright Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Immigration Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Litigation - Patent
• Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Patent Law
• Trademark Law

Columbus

• Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Corporate Law
• Education Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Government Relations Practice
• Health Care Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Real Estate Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law

Dallas

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Patent

Delaware

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Fort Wayne

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Elder Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Trusts and Estates

Grand Rapids

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Employment Law - Management
• Environmental Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Tax Law

Indianapolis

• Antitrust Law
• Appellate Practice
• Banking and Finance Law
• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Commercial Finance Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Transactions/UCC Law
• Construction Law
• Copyright Law
• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Energy Law
• Energy Regulatory Law
• Environmental Law
• First Amendment Law
• Gaming Law
• Government Relations Practice
• Health Care Law
• Information Technology Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Land Use and Zoning Law
• Litigation - Antitrust
• Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Litigation - Construction
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - ERISA
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Litigation - Patent
• Litigation and Controversy - Tax
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Municipal Law
• Patent Law
• Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Public Finance Law
• Real Estate Law
• Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Securities Regulation
• Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• Tax Law
• Technology Law
• Trademark Law
• Trusts and Estates

Los Angeles

• Insurance Law

Minneapolis

• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
• Corporate Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Real Estate Law
• Trademark Law
• Trusts and Estates

New York

• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Raleigh

• Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice
• Patent Law

Salt Lake City

• Patent Law

San Diego

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Commercial Finance Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

South Bend

• Banking and Finance Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Government Relations Practice
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Real Estate Law

Washington, D.C.

• Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar

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