Claudia M. Barrett is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department, the Class Action Practice Group, the Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort Practice Group and the Transnational Litigation and Foreign Judgments Group. Ms. Barrett has substantial experience in complex civil litigation matters and has represented national and multi-national companies in a wide variety of civil disputes in various federal and state courts and before arbitration panels. Ms. Barrett has also represented clients in regulatory investigations before several government agencies and has played a significant role in several internal investigations conducted at clients' requests.
Representative matters in which Ms. Barrett has played a key role include:
- Defense of a multi-national accounting firm in a consolidated MDL proceeding;
- Defending a multi-national firm against multi-billion dollar foreign judgment issued in an international court;
- Prosecuting CERCLA claims on behalf of government contractors;
- Defending national retailers in class actions alleging fraudulent advertising and deceptive business practices;
- Prosecuting various trademark infringement actions for the unauthorized use of our clients' marks in cyberspace; and
- Conducting an internal investigation of a local bank to determine if its mortgage lending practices were conducted in accordance with its policies and to detect any possible issues related to predatory lending practices.
In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Barrett has also developed an expertise in trademark and copyright law and currently manages the trademark portfolio of several national clients in that capacity.
Ms. Barrett earned her law degree in 2001 from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Weekly and was a staff member of The Tax Lawyer, a student journal sponsored by the American Bar Association. Her student note, “Disclaimer of Intestate's Estate Under Arkansas Law Cannot Prevent Attachment of Federal Tax Lien: Drye v. U.S.”, was published in The Tax Lawyer in the Summer of 2000. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Barrett spent three years working for an entertainment management company in Los Angeles, California, where she assisted with the drafting and negotiation of sponsorship and engagement agreements for clients in the music and motorsports industries. She received B.F.A. and B.A. degrees from Florida International University in 1992.
Ms. Barrett is a member of the California and District of Columbia Bars. She is fluent in Spanish and has a basic knowledge of Italian and French. She is also a member of the Firm’s Diversity Committee.