Mr. Barth graduated summa cum laude from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he received the Samuel Belkin Prize (first in class) during each of three years, and served as Articles Editor of the Cardozo Law Review. Following law school, Mr. Barth served as law clerk to the Honorable Irving R. Kaufman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit during the 1984-85 term.
Since joining Munger, Tolles in 1985, Mr. Barth has represented clients -- both plaintiffs and defendants -- in a dozen jury trials, as well as numerous bench trials and arbitral proceedings. On the defense side, he has tried cases for network news organizations, national banks, high-tech start-up companies, Fortune 100 manufacturers, insurance brokerage firms and others in areas as diverse as trade secret misappropriation, employment discrimination, broker's malpractice and complex business disputes. On the plaintiff's side, he has obtained a judgment exceeding $27 million against an insurance brokerage firm for a Fortune 100 client, a significant judgment for an individual investor who had been defrauded in connection with the purchase of over-the-counter securities, and a $150,000 judgment for pro bono clients whose landlord withheld their $3,000 security deposit. Drawing in part upon his prior professional experience in advertising and visual communications, Mr. Barth has been involved in creating non-traditional means of communicating information to juries, and has spoken widely on that subject.
Mr. Barth also has a particular interest in legal issues concerning the visual arts, and represents photographers, artists, publishers and galleries in areas including first amendment rights, copyright and trademark infringement, moral rights and privacy/publicity rights. He has submitted briefs on behalf of arts organizations as amici curiae in the United States Supreme Court and other courts, and lectures regularly in the area of art law.
Education
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1984); Articles Editor, Cardozo Law Review, 1983-84
- Cooper Union
Clerkships
- Clerk to Judge Irving R. Kaufman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1984-1985
