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David R. Gillay is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg's Environmental Department. Before joining the department in 2001, he obtained an advanced environmental engineering degree and practiced as an environmental consultant on various projects across the country. David's legal practice primarily concentrates on the following subjects: underground storage tank regulation, including Indiana's Excess Liability Trust Fund; Brownfields projects; remediation projects dealing with soil, surface wate...

Brent A. Coudron is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg's Indianapolis office where he is a member of the Corporate Department. Brent focuses his practice on a variety of corporate, securities and regulatory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations (including mutual holding company conversions), private equity investments, corporate finance transactions, securities offerings and the regulation of insurance holding company systems. Brent has experi...

Bryan Tisch learned early on while attending Purdue University that he wanted to pursue a career in law. In addition to his exposure to the law through a number of his business courses. While studying at Purdue, Bryan was fortunate enough to have firsthand experience assisting others as a result of completing an externship with Legal Services of Indiana in Lafayette. During this time, he was exposed to a variety of matters including child custody, divorce, employment law, housing, medical ass...

Rich has acted as bond counsel for issues of tax-exempt and taxable debt for business borrowers and governmental entities, including taxable adjustable rate bonds, general obligation bonds, refunding and revenue bonds, and lease/purchase financing. Specifically, Rich has served as bond counsel for tax increment financing and has participated in drafting legislative amendments to tax increment finance and municipal law in general over the last several years. Over more than three decades of pra...

Ms. Smithey devotes her practice to all aspects of employee benefits law. She represents clients with respect to qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans, assisting them with a variety of plan design, compliance, and administration issues for all types of pension, health and welfare benefit plans.Ms. Smithey advises her clients as to ERISA, MPPAA, HIPAA, COBRA, PPACA, the Internal Revenue Code, as well as other federal and state laws applicable to employee benefit plans and pla...

Peter J. Rusthoven, a partner in the Indianapolis office, has a multi-dimensional practice. His business experience includes transactional and corporate governance work, in areas ranging from manufacturing to publishing to healthcare. Peter was active in drafting Indiana's corporation statute and official comments and has frequently written and spoken on corporate change-of-control issues. In the governmental services area, he is experienced in gaming and alcoholic beverage licensing and othe...

Michael H. Gottschlich is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Michael H., who practices law in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Michael H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Kaiser concentrates his practice on state and federal court litigation, class action defense, commercial litigation and employment law. Mr. Kaiser advises and defends clients in the retail financial services and consumer class action litigation. He has represented clients in lawsuits and administrative proceedings involving employment contracts, non-competition/trade secret disputes, commercial disputes, class action litigation, EEO claims, ERISA claims, wrongful discharge, and wage and h...

Richard O. Kissel II is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law. Richard O., who practices law in Indianapolis, Indiana, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Richard O. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Manny guides executives and in-house counsel in various industries, along with elected and appointed officials facing crises or key business decisions. He is an effective, practical, and strategic business litigator and problem solver who focuses on optimizing business results for his clients. He believes that the best solution to a problem is a problem avoided. For the problems that can’t be avoided, he prepares his client and the team to present a compelling story to the court or jury...