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Baker & Daniels
- Designation: Indianapolis
- Head Count: 274
- Gross Revenues: $175,500,000
- Revenue Per Lawyer: $640,000
- Profits Per Partner: $680,000
- Year Over Year Change: 15
Baker & Daniels is an Indianapolis-based law firm. According to the National Law Journal's 2011 NLJ 250 rankings of firms by size, with 279 attorneys it is the 152nd largest law firm in the United States. The firm ranked 160th on The American Lawyer's 2011 Am Law 200 rankings of firms based on revenue with $ 152,500,000 in gross revenue in 2010. Baker & Daniels is a business law firm specializing in legal issues pertaining to Indiana, including local laws and regulations. The firm also offers expertise in federal legislation and regulation. Practice areas include corporate finance, government affairs, litigation, tax and real estate. The firm has several offices in Indiana, as well as offices in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and China.
Firm Rankings
| Survey | Rank | Year Over Year Change | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Am Law 100 | NR | N/A | Gross revenue |
| Am Law 200 | 145 | 15 | Gross revenue |
| NLJ 250 | 153 | 1 | Lawyer head count |
| The A-List | NR | N/A | Overall excellence |
| Pro Bono Scorecard | 154 | 1 | Pro-bono commitment |
| Diversity Scorecard | 164 | no change | Minority head count |
| Midlevel Associates Survey | 41 | 20 | Job satisfaction |
| Summer Associates Survey | NR | N/A | Summer programs |
In the News
Departure of London Tax Group Doesn't Faze Dorsey's Leadership
Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : March 4, 2013
With new managing partner Ken Cutler preparing to jet to London as part of a firmwide confidence-building tour, Dorsey & Whitney—whose gross revenue dropped for the fifth straight year in 2012—lost its tax practice Monday in the U.K. capital to local commercial litigation boutique Hage Aaronson. Nonetheless, Cutler insists the Minneapolis-based Am Law 100 firm is poised for a comeback.
Court Deadline Calculator Adds Customized Calendars, Templates
Robyn Weisman : Law Technology News : February 6, 2013
Denver-based LawToolBox.com has added new customization capabilities such as creating deadline calendars and rule-based templates to its eponymous software-as-a-service offering.
The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: In First Year Post-Merger, Faegre Baker Daniels Sees Revenue Near $450 Million Mark
Claire Zillman : The Am Law Daily : February 5, 2013
The firm created by the January 2012 combination of Faegre & Benson and Baker & Daniels had gross revenues of $443 million and profits per equity partner of $700,000 last year, according to The American Lawyer's reporting.
LegalTech Sees New Practice Management Companies
Evan Koblentz : Law Technology News : January 29, 2013
Four practice management companies will be among the first-time exhibitors at LegalTech, starting today at the Hilton New York.
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in the Am Law 200
Diane Jeantet : The Am Law Daily : January 25, 2013
Jones Day snatches three partners from White & Case for its banking and finance practice in Germany; Chadbourne & Parke hires a new partner to its Latin America group and loses its insurance cohead; and two Bingham McCutchen partners leave the firm to join environmental boutique Edgcomb Law Group. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.
New Deals
Tania Karas : New York Law Journal : January 10, 2013
Hormel Foods Corporation, maker of Spam canned meat, will pay $700 million to buy the Skippy peanut butter business of Unilever. Also, Al Jazeera Media Network has bought Current TV, the network cofounded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, for $500 million.
Duke Energy Loses Again in Indiana Ethics Case
Sue Reisinger : Corporate Counsel : January 3, 2013
The ethics scandal involving Scott Storms, the former GC of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, has cost Duke Energy Corp. nearly $12 million.
Clothing maker wins copyright appeal
Sheri Qualters : Daily Report : January 3, 2013
Clothing and accessories maker Life Is Good Inc. got a happy ending to 2012 following a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruling that a cartoon on its products doesn't infringe a poster maker's copyrights.
Spam Meets Skippy as Hormel Gobbles Up Unilever Unit with Cravath, Faegre Advising
Tom Huddleston Jr. : The Am Law Daily : January 3, 2013
Hormel Foods has agreed to pay Unilever $700 million to acquire its Skippy business, adding the well-known peanut butter name to a stable of food brands that already includes Spam and Dinty Moore. Cravath is advising Unilever on the deal, while Hormel has turned to Faegre Baker Daniels.
In Memoriam: A Roll Call of 2012's Deceased Legal Luminaries
Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : January 2, 2013
From Skadden's Roger Aaron to Sullivan & Cromwell's George Kern Jr., The Am Law Daily remembers some of the leading lights of the legal trade who died last year.
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- Arthur Cox
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- Bingham McCutchen
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- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
- Brown Rudnick
- Burr & Forman
- Cahill Gordon & Reindel
- Carlton Fields
- Clayton Utz
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Clifford Chance
- Cooley
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Dewey & LeBoeuf
- Diamond McCarthy
- Dickinson Wright
- DLA Piper
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- Dreier LLP
- Freehills
- Freshfields
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Greenberg Traurig
- Gross McGinley
- Harris Beach
- Haynes and Boone
- Herbert Smith
- Herrick, Feinstein
- Hogan Lovells
- Howrey
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed
- Jenner & Block
- Jones Day
- Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kutak Rock
- Lane Powell
- Latham & Watkins
- Linklaters
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Margolis Edelstein
- McCarter & English
- McDermott Will & Emery
- McKenna Long & Aldridge
- McKool Smith
- Minter Ellison
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo
- Morrison & Foerster
- Moses & Singer
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- Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus
- Norton Rose
- O?Melveny & Myers
- Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Perkins Coie
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman
- Potter Anderson & Corroon
- Proskauer Rose
- Pryor Cashman
- Reed Smith
- Richards, Layton & Finger
- Robinson & Cole
- Ropes & Gray
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Shea & Gould
- Shearman & Sterling
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Shipman & Goodwin
- Simmons & Simmons
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young
- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
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