Barry E. Cohen practices in the firm's Commercial Litigation Group, representing and advising lawyers, law firms and others on professional responsibility and law firm management matters, including malpractice defense, legal ethics, professional discipline and partnership/LLC organization and management.
His clients include numerous national and Washington area law firms who he advises as outside ethics counsel. He is also frequently called upon by lawyers and law firms to represent them in litigation and administrative proceedings, and to serve as an expert witness on ethics and malpractice questions.
Barry has been active in the legal ethics work of the District of Columbia Bar and the Court of Appeals for over 20 years, including current or past service as chair of the Legal Ethics Committee, member of the Board on Professional Responsibility, co-chair of the Disciplinary System Review Committee and member of the Committee on Unauthorized Practice.
Barry is chair of the Admissions and Grievances Committee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and is a subcommittee chair of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation. He is an adjunct professor of professional responsibility law at Georgetown University Law Center and a senior fellow of its Center for the Study of the Legal Profession. He teaches several Continuing Legal Education courses each year for bar associations on professional ethics and malpractice risk management, and serves as an advisor to his law firm on professional responsibility matters.
Earlier in his career, Barry practiced in the international trade regulation area, and has had numerous engagements representing law firms on malpractice claims arising from international trade law work.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, United States Supreme Court, Court of International Trade, and numerous federal Courts of Appeals and District Courts.
Highlights, News & Knowledge
Speeches & Presentations
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“Rules of Conflicts: Considerations for Antitrust Practitioners,” ABA – 64th Antitrust Law Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.
(April 6, 2016).
Presenter: Barry E. Cohen.
Client Alerts & Newsletters
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"Professional Responsibility Highlights (August/September 2006),"
Professional Responsibility Highlights
(September 1, 2006).
Contact: Barry E. Cohen
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"Professional Responsibility Highlights (May/June 2006),"
Professional Responsibility Highlights
(June 1, 2006).
Contact: Barry E. Cohen
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"Professional Responsibility Highlights (November/December 2005),"
Professional Responsibility Highlights
(December 1, 2005).
Contact: Barry E. Cohen
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"Professional Responsibility Highlights (September/October 2005),"
Professional Responsibility Highlights
(October 1, 2005).
Contact: Barry E. Cohen
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"Professional Responsibility Highlights (July/August 2005),"
Professional Responsibility Highlights
(August 1, 2005).
Contact: Barry E. Cohen
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"Professional Responsibility Highlights (May/June 2005),"
Professional Responsibility Highlights
(June 1, 2005).
Contact: Barry E. Cohen
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"Professional Responsibility Highlights (March/April 2005),"
Professional Responsibility Highlights
(April 1, 2005).
Contact: Barry E. Cohen
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