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Barry currently serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He is the former Practice Group Leader of the Commercial Real Estate Lending and Servicing practice group. His practice is heavily concentrated in representing lenders and servicers in connection with commercial real estate transactions. His clients include CMBS lenders, life insurance companies, bridge lenders and mezzanine lenders that originate commercial mortgage loans nationwide, as well as master and special servicers.

Barry is president of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a member of the Board of Governors and is a former chair of the Capital Markets and Real Estate Finance Committee.  Barry is also a frequent speaker and author on topics related to commercial real estate finance. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America© (2006-2023) and is AV® Pre-eminent rated in Martindale-Hubbell. He is also listed in Chambers USA®, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2003-2023), where he was recognized as “… a brilliantly able attorney with a phenomenal legal mind” and “He is great to work with – eminently practical and reasonable.”

Other Info About Barry

Education

Law School

University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D., 1993, cum laude
Senior Editor, Law Review
Brandeis Honor Society

Undergraduate School

University of Kentucky, B.S., 1987

Bar Memberships

Barry is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

Kentucky

New York

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Included in The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Real Estate Lawyers

Chambers USA, Real Estate, 2003-2024

The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law, 2006-2025; Real Estate Law, 2006-2025

AV® Pre-eminent rated, Martindale-Hubbell®

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), president, 2024

Mortgage Bankers Association of America

Firm Committees

Barry serves or has served in the following leadership role(s) at Frost Brown Todd:

Executive Committee, Member

Finance Committee, Member

Budget/Audit Committee, former Member

Major Publications

Barry is an author or contributor to the following publications:

“It’s All About the Money – Leases as Collateral,” ABA/American College of Real Estate Lawyers, March 2016

“Refinancing Tenant-In-Common Loans Utilizing a Delaware Statutory Trust,” the ACREL Papers, Fall 2014, published by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

“Stacking the Deck in Your Favor,” American College of Real Estate Lawyers Spring 2012 Meeting

“Commercial Real Estate Financing,” Kentucky Real Estate Law and Practice, Chapter 8, 4th Ed., 2012, published by the University of Kentucky College of Law

“Revived, Reviled, Rescued or Redeemed, The Return of CMBS,” American College of Real Estate Lawyers Fall 2011 Meeting

“What’s New for CMBS 2.0 Loan Originations and Why?”, The ACREL Papers, Fall 2011, published by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers

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