M. Scott Barnard > Akin > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
2300 N. Field Street
Suite 1800
Dallas, TX 75201-2481
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United States
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M. Scott Barnard
Work Department
Partner; Disputes & Investigations
Position
Scott Barnard handles business litigation matters in both federal and state court, with particular experience in securities litigation. Mr. Barnard defends and advises public companies, directors and officers, broker-dealers and board committees in matters involving securities class actions, shareholder derivative suits, suits for breach of fiduciary duty and other business torts, internal investigations, investigations and other regulatory actions by FINRA, the Securities and Commission (SEC), and other authorities, allegations of insider trading, and corporate governance matters. He is the partner in charge of the Dallas office, a member of the firmwide Litigation Steering Committee, and a member of the Dallas office Inclusion Council.
To learn more about Scott, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/scott-barnard.html
Career
Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Dallas County District Attorney.
Education
J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, cum laude, 1997; B.A., Trinity University, 1994.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism