National law firm officially opens Nashville office

Indianapolis-based law firm Barnes & Thornburg on Monday officially announced the opening of a new office in Nashville.

The firm has named five partners based in the new Nashville office, with the attorneys joining Barnes & Thornburg from Bass, Berry & Sims, Baker Donelson and Holland & Knight (formerly Waller Lansden). The new partners are Jay Knight and Taylor Wirth, who come from Bass, Berry & Sims; J.D. Thomas, from Holland & Knight; Joy Boyd Longnecker, most recently at Baker Donelson; and Elisa Harris, former in-house counsel at ContessaHealth and Wayspring.