Barberich, Kirk A.

Will Barber, a graduate of the University of Texas (highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and the Harvard Law School, has practiced law in Austin, Texas for more than forty years. Having been a partner in Brown Maroney & Oaks Hartline and Senior Counsel with Locke Liddell & Sapp, Mr. Barber is Of Counsel to HULL HENRICKS & MACRAE LLP. His principal practice areas include: Litigation (trial/appellate), Administrative Law, Insurance, and Legislation, with emphasis in Products and Professional Liability, Administrative Procedure, Insurance Coverage, Legislative Tort Reform, and Civil Courts' Charges. Legal articles and publications authored or co-authored by Mr. Barber in Texas Exemplary Damages Law (Michie/Lexis, 1997, supplemented 1999); 1987 Tort Reform: The Quest for a Fairer and More Predictable Texas Civil Justice System and associated articles [25 Hous. I., Rev 25,245, 1005 (1988), and 21 St. Mary's L. Jour. 525 (1990)]; and A Guide to Texas Workers' Comp Reform (Butterworth, 1991).

Mr. Barber served as Special Counsel to the Texas Senate and Senator John T. Montford during the 70^th and 71^st Sessions of the Texas Legislature, and taught a class on legislation at the University of Houston Law Center (1993-1995, adjunct professor). He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers (former Chairman, ACTL Emil Gumpert Committee: annual awards to law schools for excellence in teaching of trial advocacy).