{"id":125384,"date":"2025-07-03T10:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/03\/biglaw-firm-helps-everyone-celebrate-independence-day-by-hosting-sensory-friendly-fireworks-display\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:19:56","slug":"biglaw-firm-helps-everyone-celebrate-independence-day-by-hosting-sensory-friendly-fireworks-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/03\/biglaw-firm-helps-everyone-celebrate-independence-day-by-hosting-sensory-friendly-fireworks-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Firm Helps Everyone Celebrate Independence Day By Hosting Sensory Friendly Fireworks Display"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biglaw firms are known for housing their offices in prime real estate offerings, with beautiful views of cityscapes that span for miles. One Am Law 100 firm is using its location for good to help children with sensory processing issues celebrate America\u2019s birthday from a place that\u2019s more attuned to their needs.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Thornburg \u2014 a firm that brought in $747,226,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting it at No. 73 on the Am Law 100 \u2014 is spreading the wealth by using its 33rd floor office space in Columbus, Ohio, to host a fireworks viewing party for the city\u2019s Red, White and BOOM!\u00a0event for families involved with the Childhood League Center, a local organization that works with young children who have developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n

Katrina Thompson<\/a>, a partner at the firm who also serves as chair of the Childhood League Center\u2019s board, is honored that she\u2019s able to throw the July 4th event for the kids. On top of the great view of the fireworks display, the party will not only have food, games, and activities, but it will also have a quiet room and radio volume control to minimize overstimulation. She recently shared her thoughts on the holiday bash with NBC4 WCMH-TV<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got air conditioning, a little temperature control, there\u2019s restrooms, handicap accessible restrooms that people can use,\u201d said Thompson, who also has a daughter with autism.<\/p>\n

She said events like Red, White and BOOM! with large crowds, loud sounds and summer heat can cause families like hers to miss out on the fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is often a stressful time for families with autism or sensory issues,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo I like to have this event to really bring the families together to experience and hopefully have a core memory around Red, White and BOOM!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to the Columbus office of Barnes & Thornburg for finding a way to make this holiday event more inclusive for children with special needs. <\/p>\n

Downtown law firm providing sensory friendly Red, White & BOOM! experience<\/a> [NBC4 WCMH-TV]<\/p>\n

\n
\"Staci
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Biglaw Firm Helps Everyone Celebrate Independence Day By Hosting Sensory Friendly Fireworks Display<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n

Biglaw firms are known for housing their offices in prime real estate offerings, with beautiful views of cityscapes that span for miles. One Am Law 100 firm is using its location for good to help children with sensory processing issues celebrate America\u2019s birthday from a place that\u2019s more attuned to their needs.<\/p>\n

Barnes & Thornburg \u2014 a firm that brought in $747,226,000 gross revenue in 2024, putting it at No. 73 on the Am Law 100 \u2014 is spreading the wealth by using its 33rd floor office space in Columbus, Ohio, to host a fireworks viewing party for the city\u2019s Red, White and BOOM!\u00a0event for families involved with the Childhood League Center, a local organization that works with young children who have developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n

Katrina Thompson<\/a>, a partner at the firm who also serves as chair of the Childhood League Center\u2019s board, is honored that she\u2019s able to throw the July 4th event for the kids. On top of the great view of the fireworks display, the party will not only have food, games, and activities, but it will also have a quiet room and radio volume control to minimize overstimulation. She recently shared her thoughts on the holiday bash with NBC4 WCMH-TV<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got air conditioning, a little temperature control, there\u2019s restrooms, handicap accessible restrooms that people can use,\u201d said Thompson, who also has a daughter with autism.<\/p>\n

She said events like Red, White and BOOM! with large crowds, loud sounds and summer heat can cause families like hers to miss out on the fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is often a stressful time for families with autism or sensory issues,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo I like to have this event to really bring the families together to experience and hopefully have a core memory around Red, White and BOOM!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to the Columbus office of Barnes & Thornburg for finding a way to make this holiday event more inclusive for children with special needs. <\/p>\n

Downtown law firm providing sensory friendly Red, White & BOOM! experience<\/a> [NBC4 WCMH-TV]<\/p>\n

\n
\"Staci
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biglaw firms are known for housing their offices in prime real estate offerings, with beautiful views of cityscapes that span for miles. One Am Law 100 firm is using its location for good to help children with sensory processing issues celebrate America\u2019s birthday from a place that\u2019s more attuned to their needs. Barnes & Thornburg […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Staci-Zaretsky-v6vRpZ.jpeg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}