Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2003 
Brent Barriere has over 40 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 representing trustees and receivers in complex litigation. His work includes serving as receiver’s counsel in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arthur Lamar Adams and Madison Timber Properties, LLC, a case arising from a $100 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors, and as litigation counsel to the trustee in Jalbert v. Raymond James & Associates et al., which involved a failed $330 million bond issuance to construct a wood pellet manufacturing facility in Urania, Louisiana. He also represents the trustee of Cox Operating, LLC and its affiliates in pursuing director and officer liability and fraudulent conveyance claims.
Brent was named one of Louisiana’s Top 10 Litigators by The National Law Journal. Chambers and Partners calls Brent “really top-notch” and “very creative” and says he is a “‘polished’ and ‘tenacious’ advocate with excellent instincts and an industrious work ethic.”
Brent frequently lectures on litigation techniques, fiduciary duty litigation, evidence, and other litigation related topics.
