Barry Barnett

Susman Godfrey LLP partner and Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Decades leading trial teams and enabling business people to manage and win their most challenging commercial disputes. Representing plaintiffs and defendants nationwide on a contingent-fee, flat-fee, or hybrid basis. Trial practice focuses on complex commercial matters, notably including antitrust (price-fixing, abuse of market power), intellectual property (patent, copyright, trade secrets), mergers and acquisitions (purchase and sale, merger, shareholder, earn-out, partnership agreements), licensing and supply contracts (goods, services), and disputes over governance and control (shareholder and partner rights, fiduciary duties, proxy contests). Has tried class-action cases to verdict, managed dozens of multi-jurisdictional disputes, and argued before the United States Supreme Court. Clients have included inventors and patent owners (Data Health, FloodBreak), power generators (Vistra, Talen Energy), oil and gas companies (Encana USA, Wagner & Brown), tech firms (Cisco Systems, Altai Software), shareholder rights (Elliott Investment Management), private equity (KKR & Co. Inc., Oak Hill Capital, Valor Equity Partners), telecommunications services (Hinduja Global), retailers (Neiman Marcus, Duane Reade), media (Dallas Morning News), and governmental entities (Province of Ontario, school districts). Recovered Crimson fumble in final moments of The Game to clinch Yale's 14-0 win and Ivy Championship. Coined "eat what you kill" as first-year associate.