Hiscock & Barclay, LLP Partner Robert A. Barrer has been elected into the membership of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). ABOTA is an invitation-only national organization of the finest trial lawyers and judges in America who have substantial civil jury trial experience, possess additional litigation experience and exhibit the virtues of civility, integrity and professionalism.
Barrer concentrates his practice in complex commercial and tort litigation. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in state and federal cases involving commercial law, products liability and toxic torts, insurance coverage and labor and employment. He is Hiscock & Barclay's Chief Ethics Officer and also serves as the Continuing Legal Education Coordinator and liaison with the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board.
Founded in 1958, ABOTA and its members are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.