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Washington, DC 20005-3311
Washington

• Pesticides
• Environmental
• Litigation

• Williams College (B.A. with Honors, German Literature, magna cum laude, 1993)
• University of Klagenfurt (Fulbright Scholar, Austrian Literature, 1994-1995)
• University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif, Virginia Law Review, 2002)

• Maryland State Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• American Bar Association
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

• German

David A. Barker is a Principal in the Washington D.C. office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., practicing in the areas of environmental litigation and counseling.  Mr. Barker’s practice focuses primarily on the pesticide industry, including representing R&D companies in litigation, administrative proceedings, counseling on regulatory matters, and drafting of agreements.  Mr. Barker has helped pesticide industry clients aggressively and effectively protect their intellect property rights in data compensation arbitrations and negotiations and through copyright litigation.

Mr. Barker has litigated a wide range of environmental and commercial disputes, including contaminated site litigation, commercial contract disputes, white collar, copyright, trademark, insurance coverage, and employee benefits matters.  Mr. Barker served as law clerk to the Hon. T.S. Ellis III in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and was a summer law intern at the Department of Justice in the Appellate Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division.

Mr. Barker is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D. 2002), where was the Articles Development Editor of the Virginia Law Review. He holds a degree in German Literature from Williams College (B.A., 1993) and studied modern Austrian literature as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Klagenfurt.

Mr. Barker is a member of the Maryland Bar and the Bar of the District of Columbia.