With 36 Practice and 85 Recognitions, B&T Secures 13 New Rankings and Earns National Recognition

With clients noting B&T’s deep bench and exceptional service, the firm garnered national rankings in Environmental, Healthcare, Labor and Employment, Product Liability and Mass Torts, and Product Liability: Toxic Torts in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. 

Six of the firm’s attorneys also achieved individual nationwide rankings, a testament to the bench strength behind these practices: 

• Scott Beal (Hedge Funds) 
• Jay Knight (Securities – Regulation: Advisory) 
• Brian McGinnis (Privacy and Data Security: Privacy) 
• Joseph Morrison (Startups & Emerging Companies) 
• James Murdica (Product Liability and Mass Torts, Product Liability: Pharmaceutical) 
• Michael Zogby (Product Liability and Mass Torts)

Clients praised our Environmental practice as “truly passionate and knowledgeable in its chosen specialty” with responses that are “always prompt and well thought-out.”  

Noted for “strong healthcare subject matter expertise,” our attorneys “consistently demonstrate a high level of service, excellent communication and responsiveness,” according to the guide. 

Our L&E team was similarly recognized for having “an attorney for every type of issue that comes up, even if it is outside the typical realm of employment law.” 

Barnes & Thornburg’s Product Liability & Mass Torts group earned praise for its commitment to client service, “holistic and cost-effective strategies for defending mass torts,” “willingness to do what it takes to get an answer,” and “broad scope of knowledge across mass torts — including who the key players are, and how to best end litigation strategically.” 

The firm’s nationwide success was matched by strong statewide showings, with Chambers recognizing excellence across a range of key practices including: 

• Antitrust (Indiana) 
• Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Georgia)
• Corporate M&A (Indiana, Michigan) 
• Energy and Natural Resources (Indiana) 
• Environmental (Illinois, Indiana) 
• Healthcare (Washington D.C., Illinois, Indiana) 
• Immigration (Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota) 
• Insurance (Indiana) 
• Insurance: Policyholder (California) 
• Insurance Dispute Resolution: Policyholder (Illinois)
• Intellectual Property (Illinois, Indiana) 
• Labor and Employment (California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio) 
• Litigation: General Commercial (Indiana)
• Litigation: Product Liability (New Jersey, Pennsylvania) 
• Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations (Tennessee) 
• Public Finance (Indiana) 
• Real Estate (Indiana) 
• Media and Entertainment: Transactional (California) 

Rounding out the firm’s strong showing, 85 partners earned recognition: 

California

• Lilit Asadourian (Insurance: Policyholder) 
• Carolyn Hunt (Media & Entertainment: Transactional) 
• Jason Karlov (Media & Entertainment: Transactional, Talent) 
• Scott Witlin (Labor and Employment) 

Georgia

• Frank DeBorde (Bankruptcy/Restructuring) 
• Raanon Gal (Labor and Employment) 
• Sarah Hawk (Immigration) 
• John T.L. Koenig (Labor and Employment)
• Jason Watson (Bankruptcy/Restructuring) 
• Lisa Wolgast (Bankruptcy/Restructuring) 

Illinois

• Fredric Andes (Environmental, Transactional) 
• Mercedes Badia-Tavas (Immigration) 
• Eric Berg (Construction) 
• Kevin Dreher (Insurance: Dispute Resolution) 
• Michael Elam (Environmental, Transactional) 
• Joseph Madonia (Environmental: Litigation) 
• James Murdica (Litigation: Product Liability) 
• Erika Powers (Environmental, Transactional) 
• David Ritter (Labor and Employment) 
• Trace Schmeltz (Litigation: Securities) 
• Tejas Shah (Immigration) 
• Eric Sussman (Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations) 
• Robert Weiss (Technology & Outsourcing) 
• Bruce White (Environmental: Litigation) 
• Norma Zeitler (Labor and Employment) 

Indiana

• Kathleen Anderson (Labor and Employment) 
• Neal Brackett (Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations) 
• Joseph Calderon (Real Estate) 
• Hillary Close (Energy and Natural Resources) 
• Mark Crandley (Litigation: Appellate) 
• Andrew Detherage (Litigation: General Commercial) 
• Joe Eaton (Litigation: General Commercial) 
• Charles Edwards (Insurance) 
• John Fischer (Insurance) 
• David Gillay (Environmental) 
• Sean Griggs (Environmental) 
• Michael Grubbs (Healthcare) 
• Curt Hidde (Corporate/M&A) 
• Joshua Hollingsworth (Corporate/M&A) 
• Thomas Hutchinson (Healthcare) 
• Dennis Johnson (Real Estate) 
• Nicholas Kile (Energy and Natural Resources) 
• John Maley (Labor and Employment, Litigation: General Commercial)
• Kathleen Matsoukas (Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations) 
• Kendall Millard (Antitrust) 
• Joshua Minkler (Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations) 
• Peter Morse (Labor and Employment) 
• Deborah Pollack-Milgate (Intellectual Property)
• David Pryzbylski (Labor and Employment) 
• Peter Rusthoven (Litigation: Appellate) 
• Laura Seng (Healthcare) 
• Anthony Sullivan (Environmental) 
• Jerimi Ullom (Public Finance) 
• Joseph Wendt (Litigation: General Commercial) 
• Donald Williams (Real Estate) 
• Kenneth Yerkes (Labor and Employment) 
• Amy Zdravecky (Labor and Employment) 

Michigan

• Keith Brodie (Labor and Employment) 
• David Hall (Banking and Finance) 
• Donald Lawless (Labor and Employment)
• Jennifer Stocker (Labor and Employment)  

Minnesota 

• Rebecca Bernhard (Immigration)

New Jersey

• Michael Zogby (Litigation: Product Liability) 

New York

• Lawrence Gerschwer (Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations)

Ohio

• William Nolan (Labor and Employment)

Pennsylvania

• Molly Flynn (Litigation: Product Liability) 
• Chanda Miller (Litigation: Product Liability) 

Tennessee

• Joy Boyd Longnecker (Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations) 
• John-David Thomas (Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations, Healthcare: Government Investigations and Fraud) 

Texas

• Mark Nelson (Intellectual Property)

Utah

• Ryan Marshall (Intellectual Property)

Washington, D.C.

• Scott Godes (Insurance: Policyholder) 
• John Kelly (Healthcare) 
• Jackie Papish (Healthcare) 
• James Van Horn (Bankruptcy/Restructuring)