How the Best Lawyers in America® are chosen.
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THIS LIST IS EXCERPTED FROM the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Published since 1983, Best Lawyers lists attorneys in 77 specialties, representing all 50 states, who have been chosen through an exhaustive survey in which thousands of the nation's top Lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2007 edition of Best Lawyers is based on more than 1.7 million evaluations of Lawyers by other Lawyers.
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Patrick Callahan
Baker & Daniels
300 north Meridian Street, Suite 2700
46204 Ph: 317/237-0300
Kendall C. Crook
Bose McKinney & Evans
2700 First Indiana Plaza
135 North Pennsylvania Street
46204 Ph: 317/684-5000
Patrick Cross
Baker & Daniels
600 East 96th Street, Suite 600
46240 Ph: 317/569-9600
Joseph E. DeGroff
Ice Miller
One American Square, Suite 3100
46282 Ph: 317/236-2100
Donald K. Densborn
Sommer Barnard
One Indiana Square, Suite 3500
46204 Ph: 317/713-3500
Stephen J. Dutton
Barnes & Thornburg
11 South Meridian Street
46204-3535 Ph: 317/236-1313
Thomas Froehle
Baker & Daniels
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
46204 Ph: 317/237-0300
Robert A. Greising
Krieg DeVault
One Indiana Square, Suite 2800
46204-2017 Ph: 317/636-4341
Stephen J. Hackman
Ice Miller
One American Square, Suite 3100
46282 Ph: 317/236-2100
Steven K. Humke
Ice Miller
One American Square, Suite 3100
46282 Ph: 317/236-2100
David L. Johnson
Baker & Daniels
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
46204 Ph: 317/237-0300
Robert P. Kassing
Bose McKinney & Evans
2700 First Indiana Plaza
135 North Pennsylvania Street
46204 Ph: 317/684-5000
Tibor D. Klopfer
Baker & Daniels
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
46204 Ph: 317/237-0300
Scott M. Kosnoff
Baker & Daniels
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
46204 Ph: 317/237-0300
David B. Millard
Barnes & Thornburg
11 South Meridian Street
46204-3535 Ph: 317/236-1313
Eric R. Moy
Barnes & Thornburg
11 South Meridian Street
46204-3535 Ph: 317/236-1313
Erick D. Ponader
Sommer Barnard
One Indiana Square, Suite 3500
46204 Ph: 317/713-3500
Regina M. Sharrow
Baker & Daniels
600 East 96th Street, Suite 600
46240 Ph: 317/569-9600
James A. Strain
Sommer Barnard
One Indiana Square, Suite 3500
46204 Ph: 317/713-3500
John R. Thornburgh
Ice Miller
One American Square, Suite 3100
46282 Ph: 317/236-2100
Richard J. Thrapp
Ice Miller
One American Square, Suite 3100
46282 Ph: 317/236-2100
David C. Worell
Baker & Daniels
600 East 96th Street, Suite 600
46240 Ph: 317/569-9600
Robert S. Wynne
Baker & Daniels
600 East 96th Street, Suite 600
46240 Ph: 317/569-9600
SOUTH BEND
Richard L. Hill
Baker & Daniels
205 West Jefferson Boulevard, Suite 250
46601 Ph: 574/234-4149
Richard L. Mintz
Barnes & Thornburg
600 First Source Bank Center
100 North Michigan Street
46601 Ph: 574/233-1171
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