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Barnes & Thornburg LLP, a premier US law firm and lobbying group based in Indiana, named its newly elected partner Monica R. Brownewell Smith, a graduate of DePauw University. Smith will be based in the firm’s Indianapolis headquarters beginning January 1, 2011.
Smith is part of the litigation department at Barnes & Thornburg. Her area of practice focuses on complex commercial lawsuits and construction litigation matters. Smith graduated summa cum laude at Valparaiso University School of Law in 2003, where she served as executive managing editor of the Valparaiso University Law. She graduated from the Ardath Burkhart Governance and Management Series in May 2008 under the United Way Leadership United program. Smith has been a member of National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Indiana Chapter since 2004 and is currently the vice chair of the board of trustees.
 Barnes & Thornburg LLP is one of the largest law firms in the US with over 550 lawyers. The firm has a total of 11 offices located n Atlanta, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio and Washington DC. The Indiana-based firm areas of focus include litigation, intellectual property, labor and employment, white collar crime, business law, governmental services and finance, energy, telecommunications, transportation and utilities, environmental, health care, creditors’ rights and construction law.
