Mr. Barrios, a partner in the Firm, practices commercial litigation and international law, with special emphasis on construction law, business disputes, international commercial disputes between U.S. and foreign companies, product liability, toxic torts, insurance defense and coverage, expropriation, and appellate litigation. He has substantial experience handling complex cases before federal and state courts, as well as through the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as arbitration and mediation. Mr. Barrios previously practiced law as a partner in the commercial litigation group of the New Orleans office of Phelps Dunbar, LLP for 10 years, and as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling for 2 years. He also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Robert R. Beezer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle, Washington, from 1987-88. Mr. Barrios' family is from Colombia, South America, and he is fluent in Spanish.

PRACTICE AREAS

• Commercial Litigation
  
• Construction
  
• International
  
• Product Liability
  
• Toxic Torts
  
• Appellate Practice
  
• Insurance Defense and Coverage
  
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
  

EDUCATION

• George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1987, High Honors); Articles Editor, George Washington Law Review; Order of the Coif; Honors, Moot Court; full academic scholarship
  
• Louisiana State University (B.A., Political Science, 1984 summa cum laude)
  
• University of Essex, Centre of International Human Rights Law, Colchester, England (Rotary Foundation Scholar, 1988-89)
  

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Bar Association
  
  • Assistant Secretary, Council of the ABA Section of
    International Law & Practice (2000-01)
    
  • Litigation Section
    
  • Forum on the Construction Industry
    
  • Former Member, Dispute Resolution Section
    
• Louisiana State Bar Association
  
  • Practice Assistance and Improvement Committee
    
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
    
  • Legal Fee Dispute Subcommittee (now merged into Practice
    Assistance and Improvement Committee)
    
• New Orleans Bar Association
  
• Associated Builders and Contractors (Associate Member)
  
• Covington Bar Association
  
• Tulane Latin American Law Institute
  
• Hispanic Lawyers Association of Louisiana
  
• World Trade Center
  

OTHER INFORMATION

• Selected by New Orleans CityBusiness to its Power Generation III- 2001 ("Forty Faces of the Future" - One of "40 outstanding and promising professionals under the age of 40 who are making a mark as a leader in business and their profession, and who are innovative, energetic and successful with their own careers and in the community").
  
• U.S. Fellow and Regional Nominating Chairman, British-American Project.
  
• U.S. Delegate, British-American Project Conference, Harrogate, U.K. (Nov. 1999).
  
• Executive Board Member, George Washington Law Alumni Association (1998-present).
  
• Arbitrator, Legal Fee Dispute Arbitration Program, Louisiana State Bar Association.
  
• NITA Trial Advocacy Graduate, July 1998, San Diego, CA.
  
• Member, Trade Mission to Honduras and Guatemala, MetroVision/Chamber of Commerce (June 1997).
  

RECENT PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS

• "The Alien Tort Statute: Domestic Enforcement of Customary International Law," Essays on International Human Rights (1991).
  
• Former contributing author for the Louisiana Technology Journal.
  
• "What to Do Now -- the Legal Aspects of Y2K," Louisiana Technology Journal (May 1999) (authored with M. David Kurtz).
  
• "Y2K and the Law," Louisiana Technology Journal (March 1999) (authored with M. David Kurtz).
  
• Tulane Law School, CLE Seminar on Technology Legal Issues, September 11, 1998 – New Orleans, LA.
  

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Louisiana
  
• District of Columbia