Career
In the years following Georgetown Law School, Barrett served as law clerk to the Honorable William B. Jones of the United States District Court for The District of Columbia. Barrett then joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame Law School. In 1969-69 he served as County Attorney for Saint Joseph County, Indiana.
Barrett moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1969 where over the next several years he served as Vice President and General Counsel of The William K. Warren Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States. He also was Vice President and General Counsel of Warren American Oil Company. From 1971-1979 he served as a Director of The American Bank of Tulsa and was one of the original incorporators of that bank.
Barrett also served on the Boards of the Children’s Medical Center and The Vianney School for Girls in Tulsa. In 1975 Barrett returned to Washington D.C. and established a private practice at Barrett and Schuler and predecessor firms. As Managing Partner, Barrett specialized in litigation and administrative and legislative law. Over a number of years he has represented a variety of domestic and international clients.
In 1976, Barrett was appointed by President Gerald Ford to serve on the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation, a capacity he served until 1980. Barrett has also served as a member of the National Center for Law and the Handicapped.
In 1978-1979, he was retained by the United States House of Representatives as Special Counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Ethics Committee) in a sensitive matter involving one of the most senior members of the House of Representatives, Congressman Daniel Flood, regarding allegations of bribery and related offenses. Barrett completed a lengthy investigation resulting in Congressman Flood resigning from the House of Representatives. Barrett was commended by the Ethics Committee for his fairness and professionalism.
In 1995, three Judges of The United States Supreme Court of Appeals, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (the Special Division), appointed Barrett as Independent Counsel for The United States to investigate allegations that Henry Cisneros had lied to FBI investigators during background checks prior to being named Secretary of HUD.
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