Shook,_Hardy_&_Bacon
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.[4] The firm has offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Boston.[5]
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.[6][7] The firm inspired the fictional firm of Smoot, Hawking in the satirical novel Thank You for Smoking.[7]