Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon has approximately 554 attorneys across 18 offices. Founded in 1889.
Not reported: First-Year Comp, Partnership Track, Vault 100.
Openings
Fellowship / ScholarshipOpen
1L Scholars Institute (Feb 17 to 19, 2027)
Kansas City
Opens
Opened Sep 1Deadline
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About Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Shook, Hardy & Bacon's practice includes product liability, mass tort, and complex litigation, with work involving healthcare, technology, environmental issues, insurance, and intellectual property. Its disputes often require engagement with technical or scientific evidence. That relationship between legal advocacy and scientific subject matter is a recurring feature of its published services.
Its toxic tort and exposure practice provides a concrete example. Matters can involve alleged contamination of air, land, or water, claims of personal injury or property damage, and questions about class certification. The firm describes developing factual, legal, medical, and environmental evidence for use before judges and juries.
For students, the practice demonstrates how litigation can depend on understanding expert evidence and the methods supporting it. The work is not limited to legal doctrine: the technical record and the explanation of causation may be central to a case. Shook's service materials show those issues across several categories of business
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and product disputes.
Rankings
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Size and Standing
Associate Life
Vault Practice Rankings
Practice Strength by Market
Every band below appears on this firm’s Chambers USA 2026 profile, checked September 26, 2026. Where Chambers splits a table into The Elite and Highly Regarded, every Elite firm ranks above every Highly Regarded firm.
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| Practice | Market | Recognition, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
Construction | Missouri | Band 1 |
E-Discovery & Information Governance | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Environment | Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds | Band 1 |
Insurance | Missouri | Band 1 |
Intellectual Property | Missouri | Band 1 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds | Band 1 |
Litigation: Product Liability | Florida | Band 1 |
Litigation: Product Liability | Missouri | Band 1 |
Litigation: Product Liability | Pennsylvania | Band 1 |
Product Liability & Mass TortsThe Elite | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Product Liability: Automobile | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Product Liability: Tobacco | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Environment | Missouri: St Louis & Surrounds | Band 2 |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer | Illinois | Band 2 |
Privacy & Data Security: Litigation | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Transportation: Road (Automotive) | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation | Nationwide | Band 3 |
Labor & Employment | Missouri: Kansas City & Surrounds | Band 3 |
Litigation: General CommercialThe Elite | Florida | Band 3 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Illinois | Band 3 |
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Insurer | Nationwide | Band 4 |
Intellectual Property | Washington | Band 4 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Connecticut | Band 4 |
Litigation: General Commercial | Texas: Houston & Surrounds | Band 5 |
Privacy & Data SecurityHighly Regarded | Nationwide | Band 1 |
Litigation: General CommercialHighly Regarded | Nationwide | Band 2 |
Litigation: General CommercialHighly Regarded | California | Band 3 |
Life Sciences / FDA | Nationwide | Listed practice |
28 reported ranking rows
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Firm Highlights
Summer Program
Pro Bono
- Average Hours Per Attorney
- 50.3 hoursAm Law pro bono rank #41