David A. Barrett

Partner
New York City

t: 212 446 2310
f: 212 446 2350

dbarrett@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

Antitrust

Class Actions

Intellectual Property

Securities Litigation

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 1974; Ordronaux Prize (first in graduating class); James Kent Scholar; Columbia Law Review, Contributing Editor

Harvard University, A.B., cum laude, History and Literature, 1971; John Harvard Scholarship

Clerkships

Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court, 1976-1977

Hon. Wilfred Feinberg, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1974-1975

Admissions

New York

United States Supreme Court

United States District Courts: Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York

David Barrett's main practice areas include antitrust, appellate, commercial litigation, intellectual property, class actions and securities litigation.

Mr. Barrett is currently defending Goldman Sachs in securities fraud litigation; representing a dozen hedge funds in pursuing claims for hundreds of millions of dollars against JPMorgan Chase and Citicorp for assisting Enron in obtaining bank loans through fraudulent accounting practices; advising a hedge fund involved in English litigation concerning a $300 million broken trade; defending Del Monte against class-action monopolization claims based on patent misuse; and representing cellular telephone chip manufacturers prosecuting antitrust claims in Federal court and before government agencies around the world alleging misuse of industry standard-setting processes.

Mr. Barrett’s major matters in recent years include acting as lead counsel in obtaining an $80 million arbitration award against a major international insurer in a coverage dispute about an unusual financial guaranty policy; defending one of the world’s largest telecommunications providers in antitrust cases; a trial victory for a leading international bank sued for fraud by foreign exchange traders; recovering millions of dollars on breach of fiduciary duty claims against a major bank trustee; and responsibility in hotly-contested litigation over fashion sales practices for a score of expert witnesses in fields as diverse as economics, marketing, survey research and fashion design.

Before joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in 2000, Mr. Barrett founded the law firm of Barrett, Gravante, Carpinello & Stern LLP. Mr. Barrett was an Associate Professor at Rutgers Law School from 1985-1987. Before that, he practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and served as Special Counsel-Legislation at the United States Department of Justice and as a Karpatkin Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union.

Mr. Barrett serves on the Board of Visitors at Columbia Law School and the Board of Directors of Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. He is a member of United States Senator Charles Schumer's (D-NY) Judicial Screening Panel, and has been a court-appointed receiver nominated by the SEC to administer disgorgement funds recovered by the government.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

New York Bar Association

Selected Publications

Declaratory Judgments for Libel, 74 Cal.L.Rev. 847 (1986)

Constitutional Limitations on Discriminatory State Tax Laws, New York University Second Annual Institute on State & Local Taxation (1984)