Clients and colleagues call Barry Barnett an “incredibly gifted lawyer” who is “magic in the courtroom,” “the top antitrust lawyer in Texas,” and “a person of unquestioned integrity.”
Trial Councel: Barnett’s background, training, and experience make him indispensable to his clients. Barnett has been historically recognized for his effectiveness and judgment. His peers chose him, for example, to the American College of Trial Lawyers and American Law Institute. His decades of trial and appellate work representing both plaintiffs and defendants have made him a master strategist and nimble tactician in complex disputes.
Barnett commands a courtroom with calm and credibility and “is the perfect lawyer for bet the company litigation,” said Scott Regan, General Counsel of former client Whiting Petroleum. His performance before the Supreme Court in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend prompted the Court to withdraw the question on which it had granted review. The judge in a trial involving mobile phone technology called Barnett “one of the best” and that his opening statement the finest he had ever seen. Another trial judge told Barnett minutes after a jury returned a favorable verdict against the county’s biggest employer that he was one of the two best trial lawyers he’d ever come across—adding that the other one was dead.
Complete Package: A versatile trial lawyer, Barnett knows how to handle a case all the way from strategic pre-suit planning to affirmance on appeal. He’s tried cases to verdict and then briefed and argued them when they went before appellate courts, including the Second, Third, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits, the Supreme Court of Louisiana, and (in the case of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend) the Supreme Court of the United States.
Barnett is a sought-after public speaker, often serving on panels and talking about topics like the trials of antitrust class actions and techniques for streamlining complex litigation. He also comments on trends in commercial litigation and the implications of major rulings for outlets such as NPR, Reuters, Law360, Corporate Counsel, and The Dallas Morning News.
Superb Clients: A wide range of industry leaders have entrusted their critical matters to Barnett, including the ones you see below.
Public Companies:
- Alaska Airlines
- Encana Oil & Gas
- Hinduja Global
- KKR & Co. Inc.
- Neiman Marcus
- Talen Energy
- Texas Instruments
- Vistra Corp.
Private Companies:
- Duane Reade
- Joulon Holdings
- Luminant Generation
- Yale University
- Morris & Dickson Co.
- Oak Hill Capital
- Olympia Minerals
- TXU Energy
Updated Sep 2023
