Thomas A. Barnard

Tom has represented publicly traded companies in million dollar environmental litigation, and recently prevailed in a $40 million business lawsuit, involving Sherman Act, RLUIPA and Indiana Home Rule claims, to enable the firm’s catholic hospital client to construct a major hospital expansion.  He represented one of the country’s largest egg producers in a precedent-setting regulatory takings case in the Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., and regularly pursues insurance coverage in connection with environmental contamination claims.

Tom was the primary drafter of Indiana’s Environmental Audit Privilege law, and when the bill passed in 1996, Indiana became only the second state in the country to provide litigation protection for companies conducting compliance audits. He was asked to testify in Washington, D.C. to the USEPA subcommittee on the eventual federal policy for self-audits and self-disclosure.  

Tom was appointed by the Mayor of Indianapolis to serve as a Member of the Air Pollution Control Board for the City of Indianapolis in 2001.

Tom 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, commercial and environmental litigation and mediation, and also has been named an Indiana Super Lawyer. 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. Tom is a past Chair of the Environmental Legal and Technical Subcommittee of the Indiana Manufacturer’s Association and a speaker and author on litigation, insurance and environmental topics. He has been rated for four years as a “Top Local Plaintiff Litigation Star” in Indiana for Environmental by Benchmark Litigation. He was listed in Chambers USA 2015 for Environmental Law.