Shook, Hardy & Bacon

{{Infobox Law Firm

| firm_name = Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.

| firm_logo = Shook Hardy & Bacon logo.svg

| headquarters = Crown Center
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

| num_offices = 17

| num_attorneys = 500+

| num_employees = 1,400

| practice_areas = Product liability, tort, business litigation, intellectual property, environmental and toxic tort, labor, and employment

| key_people = Madeleine M. McDonough, Chair{{cite web | url = http://www.shb.com/professionals/m/mcdonough-madeleine | title = Madeleine M. McDonough | access-date = 2017-01-30 | author = Shook, Hardy & Bacon}}

| revenue = $353.52 M (2019) {{cite web | url = https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2020/05/22/american-law-revenue-rankings-kansas-city-firms.html | title = See where KC-area law firms land on AmLaw's revenue rankings | access-date = 2020-09-16}}

| date_founded = {{Start date and age|1889}}

| founder = Frank P. Sebree

| company_type = Limited liability partnership

| homepage = {{url|1=https://shb.com/}}

| dissolved =

}}

File:2555 Grand Kansas City MO.jpg | date = 2008-10-01 | access-date = 2012-03-21}} in the Crown Center complex.]]

Shook, Hardy & Bacon (SHB), L.L.P. (previously Shook, Hardy, Ottman, Mitchell and Bacon) is a U.S. law firm based in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2012, The National Law Journal ranked the firm as the 87th largest in the United States.{{cite web |url= http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?germane=1202489565842&id=1202548639714&slreturn=20120621191949 | title=The NLJ 350 | work= The National Law Journal | year=2012 | access-date=2012-07-21}} The firm has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Boston.{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Greg|date=2010-08-09|title=Shook Hardy enters big East Coast Market|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2019/08/09/shook-hardy-bacon-boston-office.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Kansas City Business Journal}}

The firm is notable for its representation of five of the six major U.S. tobacco companies, and for its involvement in hiding the health risks of tobacco.{{Cite web|date=1996-12-15|title=Smoking's Big Guns|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-15-fi-9180-story.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} The firm inspired the fictional firm of Smoot, Hawking in the satirical novel Thank You for Smoking. In 2023, it was announced that Bill Corrigan, a former judge, a one-time president of the Missouri Bar, and former deputy attorney general of Missouri was joining the firm as the managing partner of the firm's St. Louis office.{{Cite web |title=Corrigan to lead Shook’s St. Louis office – Missouri In House Counsel |url=https://molawyersmedia.com/missouriinhouse/2023/10/19/corrigan-to-lead-shooks-st-louis-office/ |access-date=2024-06-15 |language=en-US}}