Shook Hardy and Bacon

Shook, Hardy & Bacon is an international law firm with a legal legacy spanning more than a century. Established at Kansas City in 1889, the firm has grown to more than 1,500 employees worldwide, with 502 attorneys and 262 research analysts and paraprofessionals. Many research analysts have advanced degrees in biochemistry, neuroscience, engineering, genetics and physiology. The firm has 10 offices strategically located in Geneva; Houston; Kansas City, Mo.; London; Miami; Orange County, Calif.; Overland Park, Kan.; San Francisco; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington, D.C. Shook, Hardy & Bacon was named the 2005 Global Product Liability Law Firm of the Year by Who s Who Legal.