Brent B. Barriere

Brent Barriere has over forty years of experience litigating commercial cases. He represents clients in a wide variety of commercial disputes, including bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, securities litigation, breach of contract, business valuation disputes, director and officer claims, error and omission claims, and class actions.

Brent has developed a national practice niche representing trustees and receivers in varied litigation. He is currently Receiver’s counsel in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arthur Lamar Adams and Madison Timber Properties, LLC, which arises from a $100 million Ponzi scheme (possibly the largest Ponzi scheme in Mississippi’s history) that defrauded hundreds of investors. He is also litigation counsel for the Trustee in Jalbert v. Raymond James & Associates et al., and recently prosecuted securities fraud claims against Raymond James as underwriter of over $330 million of public finance municipal bonds to construct a wood pellet manufacturing facility.

Additionally, Brent recently led the Fishman Haygood team representing a class of stockholders of a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), TS Innovation Acquisitions, Inc., who were given misinformation regarding its merger with another company, Latch, Inc. A $29.75 million settlement on behalf of the investors was finalized by the Delaware Court of Chancery in July 2025.

Brent is an active member of both the New Orleans Bar Association and the Louisiana State Bar Association, having served on the latter’s various bankruptcy committees, as well as on the LSBA’s House of Delegates and Budget Committee. He is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow in the International Society of Barristers. Brent frequently lectures on litigation techniques, fiduciary duty litigation, evidence, and other litigation related topics.

Brent is ranked Band 1 in Litigation: General Commercial by Chambers and Partners, which calls him “really top-notch” and “very creative” and says he is a “‘polished’ and ‘tenacious’ advocate with excellent instincts and an industrious work ethic.” He is also recognized by Lawdragon as among the 500 Leading Litigators in America and the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers for 2025.