Bradley Davis Barbin, Of Counsel

   KEITH W. SCHNEIDER RETAINED IN MATTER CHALLENGING OHIO’S VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM PURSUANT TO THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT
   Karl Schneider & Trina Goethals Assist with Moot Court Team

Mr. Barbin devotes his practice to civil and criminal litigation in the State and Federal Courts. Over the course of Mr. Barbin's twenty four (24) year legal career, he has held several key positions in federal and state government. He has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh and Columbus. He was also appointed Criminal Justice Director by Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery. Recently he served as the Florida Attorney General’s Special Counsel and the National Chairperson in a lawsuit brought by all fifty (50) states against Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone Firestone. The lawsuit resulted in a settlement of over one hundred million dollars to the fifty (50) states.

He is a former President of the Columbus Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and has served on the Advisory Committee to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He has taught trial advocacy at the Ohio State University School of Law and is a frequent Guest Lecturer to bar associations and law enforcement in Ohio and throughout the nation.

Mr. Barbin is the recipient of two Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards. Martindale Hubbell has given Mr. Barbin its highest rating, AV.

Professional Associations:
   Collier County Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, Federal Bar Association - Columbus Chapter, Florida Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association

Speaking Engagements:

• National Business Institute: Criminal Defense: Pretrial Success; Columbus, Ohio


• Ohio Attorney General's Office Trial Advocacy Program: Advanced Cross Examination & Impeachment


• Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association: Applying Criminal Investigative Techniques in Civil Discovery; Las Vegas, Nevada


• Attorneys Information Exchange Group: State Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group Investigations; New Orleans, Louisiana


• National Business Institute: Document Retention and Destruction in Ohio; Columbus, Ohio


• CBA: Civil Discovery-Obtaining Cadillac Discovery on a Chevy Discovery Budget; Columbus, Ohio


• National Business Institute: The Criminal Defense Strategy from Start to Finish; Columbus, Ohio. December 19, 2008