Fishman Haygood LLP

Commercial Disputes

Brent Barriere is a partner in Fishman Haygood’s Litigation Section with over 40 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 niche representing trustees and receivers. He is currently Receiver’s counsel in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Arthur Lamar Adams and Madison Timber Properties, LLC, which arises from a $100 million Ponzi scheme (possibly the largest in Mississippi’s history) that defrauded hundreds of investors. He was also lead counsel for the Trustee in Jalbert v. Raymond James & Associates et al., and recently prosecuted securities fraud claims against the financial services company as underwriter of over $330 million of public finance municipal bonds used to construct a wood pellet manufacturing facility. Most recently, he has been retained by the Trustee of Cox Operating, LLC and its affiliates to pursue director and officer claims and fraudulent conveyance claims seeking recovery of damages in excess of $100 million.

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

Fellow, International Society of Barristers

Member, American College of Trial Lawyers

Member, New Orleans Bar Association

Member, Louisiana State Bar Association

J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane University School of Law, 1981 B.A., with honors, from Hamilton College, 1977