Barry M. Landy - Lawyer in Minneapolis, MN

Barry Landy is a Ciresi Conlin LLP triallawyer. He has represented both businesses and individuals in complex civilcases, including breach of contract, fraud, financial services litigation,class actions, partnership disputes, internal investigations, and employmentmatters across the country in federal and state court. Barry has tried multiplecases to verdict and has vast experience in all aspects of litigation. Inaddition, Barry has significant appellate experience, appearing before theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Ninth Circuit, andFederal Circuit as well as the Minnesota state appellate courts.

Barry works zealously to protect hisclients interests and works collaboratively with corporate counsel, businessleaders, individual clients, and counsel at other law firms to find the mostefficient way to solve problems for his clients. Recent successes includesnegotiating a $27 million settlement in a royalty fee dispute in a casescheduled for arbitration with his partners and obtaining a $12.5 millionsettlement as Co-Lead class counsel for ERISA plaintiffs where he argued andprevailed over the defenses motion to dismiss on an issue of first impressionunder ERISA law.

Barry is an active member of the CardozoSociety serving as a member of the Steering Committee, a Co-Chair of CommunityOutreach, and a Vice-Chair of the annual dinner. Additionally, Barry is anofficer of the Minnesota Federal Bar Association, currently serving as aCo-Vice President of Legal Education. Barry is also involved in the HennepinCounty Bar Association, currently serving on the Board of Directors, theFinance and Planning Committee, a Co-Chair of the Civil Litigation Section, andthe Chair of the New Lawyers Taskforce. Barry has also provided many hours ofpro bono service to the community as a volunteer attorney for the MinnesotaAdvocates for the Human Rights, Twin Cities Pride, the American Civil LibertiesUnion of Minnesota, and the Office of the Governor Tim Walz.

Barry was recently awarded the Arthur T.Pfefer Memorial Award by the Cardozo Society, which is given to one attorneyeach year in the Twin Cities that displays leadership, ambition, and acommitment to public service (2021). Barry has also been recognized inBenchmark Litigations 40 UnderHot List (2019-2020), Best Lawyers: One to Watch for Commercial Litigation(2021), an Up Coming Attorney by Minnesota Lawyer (2020), and as aMinnesota Rising Star by Super Lawyers (2019-2020).

Barrys experience includes a federalcourt judicial clerkship for the Honorable Susan Richard Nelson, United StatesDistrict Court for the District of Minnesota. Barry is a magna cum laudegraduate of the University of Minnesota Law School where he was an articleseditor of the Minnesota Law Review and a student director of the University ofMinnesotas Workers Rights Legal Clinic. He received his undergraduate degreein Political Science with distinction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.