U.S. News’ 2020 ‘Best Law Firms’ List Names Barnes & Thornburg to Nearly 100 Tier 1 Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. News Media Group (U.S. News) and Best Lawyers has named Barnes & Thornburg LLP to the 2020 “Best Law Firms” list with 97 top rankings, including 12 nationally. Appellate Practice and Real Estate 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:

• Appellate Practice 
• Employment Law - Management 
• Environmental Law 
• Insurance Law 
• Labor Law - Management 
• Litigation - Environmental 
• Litigation - Intellectual Property 
• Litigation - Labor and Employment 
• Litigation - Patent 
• Patent Law 
• Real Estate Law 
• Trademark Law 

In the metropolitan listing, the firm ranks first-tier in several practice areas in 10 of its local markets. Barnes & Thornburg’s Tier 1 metropolitan rankings are:

Chicago

• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Nonprofit/Charities Law
• Patent Law
• Trademark Law

Columbus

• Administrative/Regulatory Law
• Corporate Law
• Education Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Labor Law - Management
• Real Estate Law

Dallas

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Intellectual Property

Fort Wayne

• Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Employment Law - Management
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Real Estate Law

Grand Rapids

• Corporate Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Environmental Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Environmental
• Patent Law

Indianapolis

• 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 Litigation
• Communications Law
• Corporate Governance Law
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Education Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• First Amendment Law
• Gaming Law
• Government Relations Practice
• Information Technology Law
• Insurance Law
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Antitrust
• Litigation - Construction
• Litigation - Environmental
• Litigation - ERISA
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Litigation - Patent
• Litigation - Securities
• Litigation - Tax
• Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• 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 and Estates Law
• Water Law

Los Angeles

• Employment Law - Management
• Insurance Law

Minneapolis

• Family Law
• Insurance Law
• Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Litigation - Patent
• Real Estate Law
• Trademark Law

South Bend

• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate Law
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Employment Law - Management
• Government Relations Practice
• Labor Law - Management
• Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Washington, D.C.

• Insurance 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 offices in Atlanta, California, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, Texas and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com or on Twitter @BTLawNews.