Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP is please to announce that Thomas A. Barnard has been recognized as a Distinguished Barrister by the Indiana Lawyer.

Indiana Lawyer annually honors Indiana attorneys who make meaningful contributions not only to the legal profession but to their communities and beyond. The Distinguished Barrister and Up and Coming Lawyer Awards honor such members of the legal community.

Barnard’s focuses his practice on complex litigation, particularly involving environmental, insurance coverage, takings and securities issues. He is a 1982 graduate of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington (cum laude), and a 1979 graduate of Purdue University (Bachelor of Science with honors). He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for bet-the-company and commercial litigation, and also has been named an Indiana Super Lawyer by the publishers of Law & Politics magazine. He is a past chairman of the Indiana State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section and was named Environmental Litigator of the Year in 1995. He is a past Chair of the Environmental Legal and Technical Subcommittee of the Indiana Manufacturer’s Association and frequent speaker and author on litigation, insurance and environmental topics.