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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