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Mr. Barnes has litigated multi-million dollar commercial litigation cases in state and federal courts throughout the country. He has extensive experience in many aspects of commercial litigation, including contract disputes, accountant liability and securities fraud matters.

Mr. Barnes has represented various parties in securities fraud and accountant liability matters, including a corporation in the Phar-Mor Securities Litigation, and directors and officers in the Chambers Development Company Securities Litigation and the Italian Oven Securities Litigation.

Mr. Barnes also has extensive experience in federal white-collar criminal matters, both as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and as private defense counsel. As a federal prosecutor, Mr. Barnes was responsible for numerous federal grand jury investigations and criminal cases, including public corruption, tax evasion and complex white-collar criminal matters.

As private defense counsel, Mr. Barnes has represented corporations that have been victimized by illegal activities, and private individuals charged with white-collar offenses.

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Practice Concentration

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Securities Litigation
  • White Collar Criminal Defense

Education

  • Indiana University, J.D., 1985

Honors

  • Order of the Coif
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • American Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Procedure
  • University of Notre Dame, B.B.A. (Accounting) 1979

Admitted to Practice

  • Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.
  • Indiana and the U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits.

Other Professional Licenses

  • Certified Public Accountant, Indiana, 1982.