Highlights
& Quotes
Barr, an adviser to William Bennett's Americans for Victory over Terrorism, first rose to prominence in the conservative network in the late 1980s when he was appointed to a series of posts in the Justice Department in the administration of George H.W. Bush, mainly as a result of his ties to Bush’s White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray, whose support helped Barr eventually land the U.S. Attorney General job. (19)
Barr is listed in www.law.com’s “100 Most Influential Lawyers.” According to its summary of Barr’s work as Attorney General, he “is a longtime leading strategist and advocate for local phone companies in the ever-growing battle over rights to markets; argued Supreme Court case resulting in decision invalidating F.C.C. rules ordering Baby Bells to open up their networks to competitors; … [and has] close ties with key members of Congress [who] were considered critical in assuring provisions favorable to GTE in deregulation.” (18)
Verizon, where Barr is currently vice president, was created as a result of the merger between GTE and Bell Atlantic.
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Institutional
Affiliations
College
of William and Mary: Board of Visitors
(6)
Americans
for Victory over Terrorism: Senior Adviser (7)
George
Mason University School of Law: Executive Board of Advisers
of National Center for Technology and Law (8)
National
Legal Center for the Public Interest: Legal Advisory Council
(9)
The Becket
Fund for Religious Liberty: Advisory Board (10)
University
of Virginia, Miller Center of Public Affairs: National
Commission on Federal Election Reform, member, 2001; National
Commission on the Separation of Powers, member, 1997 (11), (12)
American
Red Cross: Board of Governors, 1998 (13)
Columbia
University: Recipient of John Jay Award, 1998 (14)
George
Washington University: Recipient of Distinguished Alumni
Achievement Award, 1994 (15)
American
Corporate Counsel Association: Signatory to Statement of
Principle (16)
Federalist
Society: Convention Planning Committee, 1987 (19)
Heritage
Foundation: Speaker on lecture program (19)
Government
Service
Department
of Justice: Attorney General, 1991-1993;
Acting Attorney General, 1991; Deputy Attorney General, 1990-1991;
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel,
1989-1990 (17)
Reagan
Administration: White House Office of Policy Development,
Deputy Assistant Director for Legal Policy, 1982-1983 (7)
U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: Law
Clerk to Judge Malcolm Wilkey, 1977-1978 (17)
Central
Intelligence Agency: Analyst, 1973-1976; Assistant Legislative
Counsel, 1977 (1), (7)
Corporate
Connections/Business Interests
Verizon: Vice president (1)
GTE
Corporation: Executive Vice President
for Government and Regulatory Advocacy, and General Counsel, 1997-2000;
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, 1994-1997 (1), (2)
Shaw,
Pittman, Potts, and Trowbridge Law Firm: Partner, 1993-1994;
Partner, 1984-1989; Associate, 1978-1982 (1)
The Selected
Funds: Director, 1994-present (5)
Davis
Selected Advisers: Board Member (1)
National
Telephone Company of Venezuela (4)
Northpoint
Communications Group, Inc. (4)
Price
Communications Corporation (4)
BBN Corporation
(4)
Crown
Castle International Corporation (4)
Education
Columbia
University: B.A. in Government, 1971: M.A. in Government
and Chinese Studies, 1973 (1)
George
Washington University: J.D. (with highest honors), 1977
(1), (17)
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