Brian Barr is a partner in the firm and the Chairman of the Insurance Defense Litigation practice group. Brian is based in the Cherry Hill office.
He focuses on matters involving insurance defense litigation, bringing to the table extensive experience in all related issues, such as personal injury defense, insurance coverage, environmental and toxic torts, construction litigation and professional malpractice.
Brian is a sought after speaker nationwide on these issues due to his extensive background in such litigation.
Brian is a graduate of Gettysburg College (B.A.) and Rutgers Law School (J.D., cum laude).
He is admitted to the bar in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the Districts of New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and United States District Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania.
Brian has tried multiple cases involving claims for traumatic brain injuries, construction defect litigation, insurer bad faith and consumer fraud.
Brian has successfully defended claims against construction companies/general contractors for defects and consumer fraud establishing favorable law in the Appellate Division for these claims.
Brian also prepared a joint Appellate Brief and successfully argued issues in chemical exposure cases helping establish important warning/labeling law for hazardous materials and federal preemption.
• Successfully obtained a defense verdict for a commercial builder in a defect and consumer fraud trial.
• Successfully obtained a favorable coverage decision and reported Appellate case law in favor of the subcontractor’s insurer.
• Obtained summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, on behalf of a general contractor, successfully dismissing consumer fraud claims.
• Successful resolution in three brain injury trials with defense verdicts in each.
• “Court Upholds ‘Employee Exclusion’”, Worksite Insurance Coverage Bulletin
• “Recent Case Summary Reports on Matters Involving Insurance Coverage,” Insurance Coverage Bulletin
• “Verbal Threshold Defeats Lawsuits Once Again,” Defense Digest
• “Wollerman Extended,” Defense Digest
• “New Challenges to Trying a Negligence Case,” Defense Digest
• “PIP Insurer May Recover Payouts,” Defense Digest
• “Straight Talk about Auto Insurance Webinar,” Webinar, YouTube
• “How Bad Faith Claims in NJ Impact Insurance Companies,” Best’s Insurance Law Podcast
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