Barry Parsons

Barry Parsons

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Experienced, Fortune 50 in-house lawyer recognized for prevailing in a wide range of…

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    Freddie Mac

    McLean, VA

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    McLean, Virginia, United States

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Education

  • George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School Graphic

    George Mason University School of Law

    Activities and Societies: Editor-in-Chief of Law Review, Dean's Scholar, Executive Board Member, National Conference of Law Reviews, August A. Rendigs National Products Liability Moot Court Competition, Student Bar Association: Recording Secretary and First-Year Representative

    JD with Distinction (top 10% of graduating class); Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award - Evidence

  • Activities and Societies: Committee to Select the New Dean of the Business School

    Graduate Fellow, Dean's List

  • Activities and Societies: Student Government President, Class President, Class Vice-President, Orientation Co-Chairperson, King's College Board of Directors/Student Affairs Committee, Committee to Select the New Dean of Students

    Presidential Scholarship, Honors Program, Dean’s List

    Minor in Government

  • Activities and Societies: Student Government Vice-President, Key Club, Swim Team, Honor Society

  • The Consciously Unbiased Diverse Hiring Certification workshop designed for Hiring
    Managers and Talent Acquisition Teams educates on key diversity and inclusion concepts,
    and gives participants a safe space to unpack their own biases and take ownership of them
    in a nonjudgmental environment. Participants learn how to recognize the various
    unconscious biases that show up in recruiting processes across job descriptions, sourcing,
    resume reviews, screenings, interviews, hiring…

    The Consciously Unbiased Diverse Hiring Certification workshop designed for Hiring
    Managers and Talent Acquisition Teams educates on key diversity and inclusion concepts,
    and gives participants a safe space to unpack their own biases and take ownership of them
    in a nonjudgmental environment. Participants learn how to recognize the various
    unconscious biases that show up in recruiting processes across job descriptions, sourcing,
    resume reviews, screenings, interviews, hiring decisions, and onboarding along with
    mitigation strategies to remove or reduce those biases. The interactive, thought-provoking
    activities throughout inspire participants to commit to taking action and change behaviors in
    order to increase diverse hiring. Learn more here:
    https://consciouslyunbiased.com/diverse-hiring-certification/

Licenses & Certifications

  • Executive Education Program Certificate Graphic

    Executive Education Program Certificate

    The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

  • Management Development Part I Certificate Graphic

    Management Development Part I Certificate

    Penn State University

  • Member of the bar in Virginia and Washington, DC; U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit; and U.S. District Courts in E.D. of Virginia, Washington, DC, and E.D. of Kentucky

    Bar Associations

Volunteer Experience

Publications

  • Speaker, Navigating the Legal Frontier: Artificial Intelligence in Contracts, IP, Litigation, e-discovery, Law Firm Use, and Ethics

  • Speaker, Key Considerations in Indemnification and Limitation of Liability Provisions

    National Association of Minority & Women-Owned Law Firms Driving Diversity & Leadership Conference

  • Speaker, Developing Trial Themes

    National Association of Minority & Women-Owned Law Firms' Annual National Conference

  • Speaker, Generational Differences at Work

    National Association of Minority & Women-Owned Law Firms' Annual National Conference

  • Speaker, Ethical and Practical Considerations for Social Media Discovery

    Innovative Driven

  • Speaker, ACC Data Steward Program: Evening Information Security

    National Association of Minority & Women-Owned Law Firms Driving Diversity & Leadership Conference

  • Speaker, Defensible Presentation of Relevant ESI

    Innovative Driven

  • Speaker, Powered by AI: Understanding the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence

    National Association of Minority & Women-Owned Law Firms Annual Conference

  • Speaker, A Multi-Perspective View to Bolster Your Expert Witness Knowhow

    National Association of Minority & Women-Owned Law Firms CLE

  • Speaker, Driving Down the Cost of E-discovery

    zapproved CLE

  • Speaker, Hiring and Retaining a Racially Diverse Team

    zapproved CLE

  • Speaker, E-discovery Sanctions

    Driven CLE

  • Panelist/Speaker, Consumer Finance Litigation Issues

    American Conference Institute's Consumer Finance Class Action & Litigation Conference

    Participate in a panel discussion with other in-house counsel from the financial industry discussing consumer finance litigation.

  • Panelist/Speaker, Insurance Recovery for In-House Counsel

    American Corporate Counsel Association, National Capital Region

    Panel discussion of best practices for in house counsel involved with claims and litigation against the company for various types of insurance policies and carriers, including Directors and Officers coverage, cyber coverage, and Errors and Omissions coverage.

  • Speaker,

    National Minority & Women-Owned Law Firms’ (NAMWOLF) Annual National Conference

    Discussion of how in-house counsel can increase the use of diverse outside counsel

  • Inclusive Outside Counsel

    Modern Counsel Magazine

    Interview on diversity issues

    See publication

  • Attorney Client Privilege, Attorney Work Product, and Other Privileges

    CLE presentation for Freddie Mac's legal division.

  • Speaker, Managing Legal Costs Symposium

    Marcus Evans

    Address fostering and establishing outside counsel relationships to reduce legal costs and ethical issues concerning insurance company and outside counsel billing guidelines

    Other authors
    • Catherine Serafin

  • E-discovery and Document Management

    Speaker at the Master Paralegal Program, George Washington University School of Law

  • E-discovery and Document Management

    Speaker at the Washington Metropolitan Association of Corporate Counsel’s Paralegal Institute

  • The Growing Role of Litigation Science

    10:1 MEALEY’S DAUBERT RPT. 1 (reprinted in 14:21 MEALEY’S EMERGING TOXIC TORTS Feb. 2006)

    Other authors
    • William Anderson

  • Use of Chemical Exposure Studies in Litigation

    Speaker at the American Conference Institute’s Chemical Products Liability Litigation Conference

  • Use of Toxicology in Tort Litigation: A National Survey (author of chapters examining the law of the District of Columbia, North and South Dakota)

    ABA Litigation Section, Products Liability Committee

    See publication

  • Litigation-Generated Science

    Speaker at the national annual meeting of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents

  • Responsible Public Policy Supports An End to the Hemorrhaging Effect Of Punitive Damages In Asbestos Cases

    6:1 TEX. R. L. & POL. 137

  • Daubert’s Backwash: Litigation-Generated Science

    34:4 MICH. J. L. REF. 1

    Other authors
    • William Anderson

  • Judicial Nullification of State Tort Reform: The Problem and Some Solutions

    LDRC LIBEL LETTER 29

  • Judicial Nullification of Legislative Action Continues

    LEADER’S PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW & STRATEGY 4

  • An Attorney's Duty to Disclose Evidence of Document Destruction: How Much Evidence Must the Attorney Disclose?

    7 LITIGATION AND LEGAL ETHICS 34

  • Bottoms v. Bottoms: Erasing the Presumption Favoring the Natural Parent – What Makes This Mother Unfit?

    2 GEO. MASON. INDEP. L. REV. 457

  • 2009 Fifty State Survey: Plaintiff’s Medical Care and Treatment, Summary of District of Columbia Law

    ABA Section Of Litigation (Product Liability Committee -- Pharmaceutical Subcommittee)

  • Speaker at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s National Conference (2004, 2010-2011, 2013, 2015-2016, 2018)

    Minority Corporate Counsel Association

    Speaker at sessions covering: Best Practices For Diversity Affinity Groups at Firms and Corporations; Best Practices for LGBT Issues; The Role of Diversity in Business Development; Marriage Equality; Developing Transgender Inclusive Guidelines.

  • Speaker at the National LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law National Conference (2010-2014, 2018)

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    Speaker at sessions covering: Corporate Counsel Programming & Networking; Corporate Counsel's Use of Outside Counsel; Preserving Your Company's Assets With Insurance Coverage; Careers and Work As In-House Counsel; Best Practices LGBT Issues; Changing Career Paths

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Service, Advisory Council Member

    National Association of Minority- and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)

  • C-Suite mentorship program

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    one of five company employees selected for a C-suite mentorship program

  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow

    Freddie Mac

    Selected by Legal Division management as one of only two Fellows to the LCLD's fellowship program.

  • General Counsel's Impact Award

    Freddie Mac

  • Above and Beyond Award

    Freddie Mac

    recipient of 7 Above and Beyond Awards

Languages

  • Some Spanish

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