About
For extra than 3 a long time, commercial enterprise humans have employed this “notably proficient attorney” (Chambers and Partners) who's “magic inside the court docket” (Who’s Who Legal) and 2019 Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation in Houston (Best Lawyers) to help them navigate the risks and rewards of excessive-stakes commercial enterprise disputes in Texas, New York, and around the usa.
Trial counsel
Barnett is a Fellow within the American College of Trial Lawyers, a partner in Susman Godfrey’s Houston and New York offices, and a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. With 3 decades of trial paintings representing each plaintiffs and defendants, he's a master of strategy in business litigation.
Barnett focuses on complex topics, particularly ones concerning antitrust, energy, or intellectual property. He has represented predominant businesses like Alaska Airlines, Cisco Systems, Encana Oil & Gas, Texas Instruments, Duane Reade, KKR, and Neiman Marcus Group. He’s also battled for his customers in opposition to behemoths like Abbott Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, AmerisourceBergen, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, BlackBerry, Comcast, Samsung, and Visa.
Barnett initiatives a compelling court docket presence. His overall performance earlier than the Supreme Court in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend caused the Court to withdraw the question on which it had granted review. The judge in a patent infringement trial called him “one of the quality” and his establishing assertion the finest he had ever seen. Another trial choose said Barnett turned into one of the two high-quality trial attorneys he’d ever encounter. The different one turned into lifeless, he said.
Complete package deal
Barnett can manage a case from start to complete. He’s attempted instances to verdict and then briefed and argued them when they went earlier than the Third, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits, the Supreme Court of Louisiana, and (in the case of Comcast Corp. v. Behrend) even the Supreme Court of the US.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Antitrust Law
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Intellectual Property
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Certificates
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Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Partner
Susman Godfrey LLP - Law Clerk, The Honorable Jerre S. Williams
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
1984
Educations
Graduation year: 1981
Graduation year: 1977
