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Shook, Hardy & Bacon
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon (SHB), L.L.P. (previously Shook, Hardy, Ottman, Mitchell and Bacon) is a U.S. law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2012, The National Law Journal ranked the firm as the 87th largest in the United States.[4] The firm has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Boston.[5]
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Headquarters | Crown Center Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
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No. of offices | 17 |
No. of attorneys | 500+ |
No. of employees | 1,400 |
Major practice areas | Product liability, tort, business litigation, intellectual property, environmental and toxic tort, labor, and employment |
Key people | Madeleine M. McDonough, Chair[1] |
Revenue | $353.52 M (2019) [2] |
Date founded | 1889; 135 years ago (1889) |
Founder | Frank P. Sebree[3] |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | shb |
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The firm is notable for its representation of five of the six major U.S. tobacco companies, and for its involvement in hiding the health risks of tobacco.[6][7] The firm inspired the fictional firm of Smoot, Hawking in the satirical novel Thank You for Smoking.[7] In 2023, it was announced that Bill Corrigan, a former judge, a one-time president of the Missouri Bar, and former deputy attorney general of Missouri was joining the firm as the managing partner of the firm's St. Louis office.[8]