| Biography | Steven W. Thornton is a partner in the Indianapolis, Indiana office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP and a member of the Corporate Department. He concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate finance, securities, business transactions, and general corporate counseling, assisting clients with secured financings, restructurings, acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, SEC compliance, and other general corporate matters. Steve attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he graduated cum laude with a B.S. degree in business in 1980. He attended the Ohio State University College of Law in Columbus, Ohio, where he received a J.D. with honors in 1983. He joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP in 1983 and became a partner in 1991. He has served on the firm's Management Committee and as co-chairman of its Legal Personnel - Administration Committee. Since being appointed by the Governor of Indiana in 2001, he has served on Indiana's Business Law Survey Commission which was established by statute for the purpose of making recommendations to the general assembly concerning amendments to the Indiana statutes governing business entities. Steve is admitted to practice in the state of Indiana. Steve is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the categories of Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. Events · Negotiating Telecommunications Contracts in the Evolving World of Competition |