Thompson Coburn
Encyclopedia
Thompson Coburn LLP is an "AmLaw 200" U.S.
law firm
. In 2010, the firm ranked second in the nation in "Midlevel Associates Survey" conducted by The American Lawyer
.
. The firm also has practices in business litigation, class action
, mergers and acquisitions
, admiralty law
, aviation
, bankruptcy
and restructuring
, government contracts
, intellectual property
, labor law
and employee benefits, environmental law
, railroad law, corporate law
, postal regulation, real estate
and transport
ation.
Thompson Coburn has represented clients from nearly every major industrial and corporate sector, including energy, banking, health care, life sciences, transportation, manufacturing and communications.
, giving the firm its first outpost in the Windy City. In December 2009 and January 2010, 10 attorneys from the Chicago law firm of Schain, Burney, Ross and Citron joined the firm, strengthening its client services in the area of Land Use Real Estate Law.
United States
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law firm
Law firm
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. In 2010, the firm ranked second in the nation in "Midlevel Associates Survey" conducted by The American Lawyer
The American Lawyer
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.
Practice areas
Thompson Coburn is primarily a business-oriented law firm with more than 40 practice areas. The firm has been especially active in the field of product liabilityProduct liability
Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those products cause...
. The firm also has practices in business litigation, class action
Class action
In law, a class action, a class suit, or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and/or in which a class of defendants is being sued...
, mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or...
, admiralty law
Admiralty law
Admiralty law is a distinct body of law which governs maritime questions and offenses. It is a body of both domestic law governing maritime activities, and private international law governing the relationships between private entities which operate vessels on the oceans...
, aviation
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
, bankruptcy
Bankruptcy in the United States
Bankruptcy in the United States is governed under the United States Constitution which authorizes Congress to enact "uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States." Congress has exercised this authority several times since 1801, most recently by adopting the Bankruptcy...
and restructuring
Restructuring
Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs...
, government contracts
Government contracts
Government procurement in the United States is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting, but is subject to special laws and regulation as described below....
, intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
, labor law
United States labor law
United States labor law is a heterogeneous collection of state and federal laws. Federal law not only sets the standards that govern workers' rights to organize in the private sector, but also overrides most state and local laws that attempt to regulate this area. Federal law also provides more...
and employee benefits, environmental law
Environmental policy of the United States
The environmental policy of the United States is federal governmental action to regulate activities that have an environmental impact in the United States...
, railroad law, corporate law
Corporate law
Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...
, postal regulation, real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
and transport
Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
ation.
Thompson Coburn has represented clients from nearly every major industrial and corporate sector, including energy, banking, health care, life sciences, transportation, manufacturing and communications.
History
Thompson Coburn was founded in 1996 through the merger of two older St. Louis firms, Thompson & Mitchell and Coburn & Croft. In July 2007 Thompson Coburn completed a merger with Fagel Haber of ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, giving the firm its first outpost in the Windy City. In December 2009 and January 2010, 10 attorneys from the Chicago law firm of Schain, Burney, Ross and Citron joined the firm, strengthening its client services in the area of Land Use Real Estate Law.
Notable lawyers and alumni
- Kit BondKit BondChristopher Samuel "Kit" Bond is a former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett Woods by a margin of 53%-47%. He was re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004...
, former Missouri governor and U.S. Senator (joined immediately after leaving the Senate in 2010) - John CullertonJohn CullertonJohn J. Cullerton is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 6th district since his appointment in 1991. He was elected President of the Illinois Senate in 2009.- Early life :...
, member and President of the Illinois SenateIllinois SenateThe Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. The Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from...
(D-6th dist.) is a partnerPartner (business rank)A partner in a law firm, accounting firm, consulting firm, or financial firm is a highly ranked position. Originally, these businesses were set up as legal partnerships in which the partners were entitled to a share of the profits of the enterprise. The name has remained even though many of these...
in the firm. - Thomas EagletonThomas EagletonThomas Francis Eagleton was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968–1987. He is best remembered for briefly being the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972...
, former U.S. SenatorUnited States SenateThe United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
for MissouriMissouriMissouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
and one-time vice-presidentialVice President of the United StatesThe Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
candidate, became a partner in the firm after the end of his Senate career. - Robin CarnahanRobin CarnahanRobin Carnahan is an American politician, daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan and the current Missouri Secretary of State. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, to replace retiring Republican Sen...
, Secretary of State of Missouri, worked for predecessor firm Thompson & Mitchell prior to her political career. - Louis B. Susman, United States Ambassador to the United KingdomUnited States Ambassador to the United KingdomThe office of United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom was traditionally, and still is very much so today due to the Special Relationship, the most prestigious position in the United States Foreign Service...
, was a partner at the firm and is a former director of the St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
. Susman is also a retired vice chairman of CitigroupCitigroupCitigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
and was national finance chairman for Senator John F. Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. - Thomas SchlaflyThomas SchlaflyThomas Francis Schlafly is an American businessman and writer. He co-founded the Saint Louis Brewery, the first microbrewery in Missouri, which produces the Schlafly line of beers. Schlafly is a graduate of the Saint Louis Priory School, and received his A.B. and J.D...
, partner, is also co-founder of the St. Louis Brewery.
Awards and recognition
- Rated one of the nation’s premier law firms for client service by BTI, the leading provider of strategic research to law firms and general counsel
- Ranked nationally in 28 major practice areas nationally in the 2011 U.S. News/Best Lawyers Best Law Firms survey
- 81 attorneys were selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, 2012 edition (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
- Six Thompson Coburn attorneys were named 2012 "Lawyers of the Year" by Best Lawyers.
- 22 attorneys are recognized in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA.
- 70 attorneys were selected for inclusion in 2011 Super Lawyers.
- The firm's Real Estate practice was ranked #2 in the 2011 Midwest Real Estate News Best of the Best survey.
- Thompson Coburn was voted "Best Corporate Law Firm in St. Louis" in a 2009 survey by Corporate Board Member magazine.
- The firm has earned perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and Best Places to Work Survey.
Offices
- Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- Chicago, Illinois
- St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
- Belleville, IllinoisBelleville, IllinoisBelleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 44,478. It is the eighth-most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the most populated city south of Springfield in the state of Illinois. It is the county...
External links
- Official Firm Website
- Vault.com profile
- http://www.bticlientserviceateam.com/client-service-30/