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110 Governor's Knoll
11935 Mason Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
Phone - 513-583-4200
Toll Free - 1-800-232-6355
Fax - 513-583-4203

LBARBIERE@SMBPLAW.COM

513.583.4210

LAWRENCE E. BARBIERE

PERSONAL: Born: Dayton, Ohio, 1951

EDUCATION: Indiana University (A.B. 1973) University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D. 1977)

ADMISSIONS TO PRACTICE: Ohio Bar, 1977; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980; United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 1977; Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1993; United States Supreme Court 2002.

MEMBERSHIPS: Ohio State, Cincinnati and Kentucky Bar Associations; Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys; National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators; American Bar Association.

CONCENTRATION OF PRACTICE: Civil Rights and Municipal law including representation of judges, municipalities, and police officers; Employment Law; Products Liability litigation, representation of waterparks and recreation facilities, Intentional Torts including defamation, malicious prosecution and false arrest; Fire losses including bad faith litigation; Premises Liability and Personal Injury.

DESCRIPTION OF EXPERIENCE: Extensive litigation experience primarily in Civil Rights, intentional torts, premises liability, personal injury and employment law. Speaker at numerous seminars on Civil Rights issues.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: Cincinnati Bar Association: Chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1994-1996; Member, 1990-present. General Counsel, Cincinnati Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1993-1995, Board of Directors, 1993-1998.

PUBLICATIONS: 45 U. Cin. L.Rev. 301 (1976) The Seizure of a Tenant's Property by His Landlord Pursuant to State Statute Does Not Involve State Action for Purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment