Brian Casey is a partner in the Litigation Department of Barnes & Thornburg's South Bend, Indiana, office. He concentrates his practice on business litigation, particularly securities and ERISA litigation, as well as appellate practice.
Brian has represented issuers, and their directors and officers in private securities fraud class actions, SEC and Department of Labor investigations and enforcement actions, as well as investigations by the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service. He has represented ERISA plan sponsors, plan administrators, and plan fiduciaries in all types of ERISA litigation. He has represented members in disputes involving limited liability companies.
Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Mr. Casey served as a law clerk to the Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also worked as a litigator for a number of years in both Denver, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1992 and his B.A., cum laude, from Rice University in 1989 with degrees in biology, English, and economics.
Brian is licensed to practice in the states of Indiana, Colorado, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. He has appeared on behalf of clients in federal and state courts throughout the country, including the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits, as well as federal district courts and bankruptcy courts throughout the country. He has appeared before the Supreme Courts of Indiana and Georgia, as well as a number of state appellate courts. He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the Maryland Bar Association and the D.C. Bar Association.
Brian is a frequent contributor to Barnes & Thornburg's Government Enforcement Exposed blog at www.btgovtenforcement.com.
Experience
- Barnes & Thornburg attorneys handled claims on behalf of the owner of an aircraft involved in a crash in which the pilot and four passengers were killed. All four passenger wrongful death cases were resolved within 12 weeks of the accident – thus sparing the families further trauma. The team then conducted an independent investigation into the cause of the accident, including full-scale reconstruction. The attorneys also appealed the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) fault determination through the U.S. Supreme Court and lobbied both administrative agencies and Congress for improved safety regulations.
- Barnes & Thornburg attorneys obtained summary judgment on an ERISA wrongful denial of benefits claim brought by a former employee against a welfare benefits plan. Following a successful result in the district court, the plan obtained a successful result through the Seventh Circuit mediation process. Kehoe v. 1st Source Healthcare Benefits Plan, 2008 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 102193 (N. D. Ind. Dec.
Credentials
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1992
- Rice University, B.A., 1989, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- Indiana
- Maryland
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Clerkships
- HonorablePamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1993 - 1994

