Brent B Barriere

Brent has over forty 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 frequently lectures on litigation techniques, fiduciary duty litigation, evidence, and other litigation related topics.

• American College of Trial Lawyers, Member

• International Society of Barristers, Fellow

• Louisiana State Bar Association, Member

• New Orleans Bar Association, Member

• Tulane Law Review, Member, Advisory Board of Editors

Tulane University Law School

J.D.

1978 - 1981

Recognized among the New Orleans Elite - Commercial Disputes (Band 1)

Legal 500

2026

Recognized as a "Litigation Star"

Benchmark Litigation

2026

Recognized for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, and Commercial Litigation

The Best Lawyers in America®

2026