“We have worked with Roger and his firm in many different capacities, and have had nothing but the best and most efficient results for our clients that we have either referred for him to act as local counsel or on a co-counsel basis. Roger has built a talented firm of extremely qualified attorneys and support staff. He has always been gracious in making his office available to my firm and me. I value our relationship and look forward to continuing to work with him”
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I am honored to join 13 of my Brody Wilkinson colleagues in being recognized by Best Lawyers in America.
I am honored to join 13 of my Brody Wilkinson colleagues in being recognized by Best Lawyers in America.
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Thank you to Ankura and Daniel (Danny) Powers for hosting our July event that focused on higher education in Middle Tennessee and its impact on the…
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SEC and FINRA face new limits on enforcement powers in post-Chevron landscape
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger teams up with James Heavey to discuss the ramifications of the recent Supreme Court decisions in SEC v. Jarkesy and in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (which overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council).
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SEC cybersecurity and climate rules: Where are they now?
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger provides updates on the SEC’s new rules on cybersecurity and their new rules on climate disclosures, looking at (1) how the cybersecurity rules are playing out in actuality as companies begin to disclose real cyber incidents and (2) the litigation challenges that have (at least temporarily) stalled the implementation of the climate disclosure rules.
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Supreme Court debates private right of action, half-truths, and omissions
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger provides context for a case that could potentially expand the right of private action for shareholders under SEC Rule 10b-5, examining the points made by the petitioners and respondents in their oral arguments before the Supreme Court.
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Mandatory arbitration clauses in registered investment advisor agreements draw scrutiny from regulators
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger examines data related to mandatory arbitration clauses in the registered investment advisor context and weighs arguments both for and against these types of clauses, as well as arguments about whether instances of arbitration should be subject to greater disclosure requirements.
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SEC targets separation and severance agreements that impede whistleblowers
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger highlights a recent spate of enforcement actions by the SEC targeting separation and severance agreements that purportedly raise impediments for whistleblowers.
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How will leveraging AI change the future of legal services?
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger considers the impact that evolving artificial intelligence technology will have on the legal industry in the next five to fifteen years.
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Artificial intelligence in the securities industry
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger examines the potential benefits and drawbacks of AI-based tools in the securities industry, specifically in the context of providing investment advice to retail investors.
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Rule 10b5-1 gets an upgrade and drives scrutiny of Ontrak, SVB execs
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger discusses the long-awaited updates to Rule 10b5-1 and explores recent incidents of potential insider trading violations by executives at Ontrak, Inc. and Silicon Valley Bank.
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The SEC reveals 2023 priorities in new agenda
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger reviews the regulatory priorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission for 2023, including cybersecurity, ESG, and digital engagement.
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How law firms can embrace the new emphasis on workplace culture
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger explores what factors help create a healthy workplace and discusses ways that firm leaders can foster the cultural traits they want their firms to embody.
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The greenwashing wave hits securities litigation
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger explores the phenomenon of “greenwashing” in the context of the securities market, offering insight into the myriad ways that ESG factors are beginning to manifest in shareholder securities suits and SEC enforcement actions.
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Regulation Best Interest sees its first enforcement action
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger and co-author James Heavey break down the different component obligations of Regulation Best Interest and analyze a recent first-of-its-kind enforcement action brought by the SEC against a group of broker-dealers and their firm.
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Securities meet cybersecurity: how companies can face mounting threats
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger and co-author Ken Rashbaum discuss the SEC's new rule proposals requiring higher cybersecurity disclosure and reporting standards in the context of an evolving global cybercrime landscape.
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Are cryptocurrencies securities? The SEC is answering the question
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger and co-authors examine the current regulatory landscape as it pertains to cryptocurrency, focusing specifically on the recent legal battles over whether crypto assets qualify as securities.
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High redemption rates see SPACs relying on alternative financing
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger explores the cause and effect of spiking SPAC redemption rates and delves into how SPAC sponsors are using financing methods such as PIPE deals and convertible debt as backstops.
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As corporate clients emphasize ESG, law firms should be leading the pack
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger examines various facets of Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) initiatives and explores why and how law firms should be pursuing these policies.
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D&O insurance for SPACs: differentiating the risk
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger and co-author Carrie O'Neil of CAC Specialty explore ways that SPAC management can favorably influence the D&O insurance underwriting process and how creative insurance solutions can often be the key to obtaining coverage in a highly competitive market.
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Caution ahead: SPAC litigation trends provide a road map for directors and officer
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
This piece examines the most prevalent SPAC-related litigation trends from the first half of 2021 and offers insight into how these trends—including the most common types of claims and allegations made against SPACs—can serve as a cautionary road map for SPAC sponsors, officers, and directors looking to avoid litigation and mitigate risk.
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Changing the stakes: how evolving law firm ownership rules could (or could not) re-shape the legal industry
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger explores evolving legal perspectives on law firm ownership rules (both in the U.S. and abroad) and contemplates how loosening these restrictions on firm ownership could affect the service delivery models and market positions of various players in the legal industry--from midmarket and BigLaw firms to ALSPs and the Big Four.
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SPACs and speculation: the changing legal liability of forward-looking statements
Reuters Legal News / Westlaw Today
Roger and co-author Michael Ward examine the changing legal liability of forward-looking statements in the SPAC realm.
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Trendspotter: 2021 Could See Law Firms Ratchet Up the Profitability Pressure on Partners
Law.com
“Firms that depend heavily on increasing rates for their growth are going to suffer during a time when clients are looking to cut costs and derive more value from the services they are receiving.”
Law.com quotes Roger in its examination and predictions for the 2021 legal landscape and law firm profitability. -
Podcast: Strategic Growth Oriented Networking with Carol Schiro Greenwald and Roger Barton
The Legal Marketing Studio
Carol Schiro Greenwald and her guest Roger Barton, Managing Partner of Barton LLP, discuss the evolution of his networking as he grew his practice and grew his firm. Roger describes how he has used networking externally and internally to the firm to form strong relationships, develop business, help train associates in building their practices, foster a culture of cross selling (in combination with innovative compensation policies), and encourage forward movers to join Barton LLP.
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The All-Terrain Law Firm: Creating Value in a Rocky Economic Climate
New York Law Journal
"Encountering rocky terrain does not mean you’re inevitably going to crash. It just means that you need
to be using the right piece of equipment to navigate it."
In this article, Roger analyzes and defines value in a legal services context and makes the case for stronger value propositions from law firms—especially in the face of an economic downturn.
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Lateral Hiring in the Best of Times and the Most Turbulent of Times
Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw
"Simply attracting new talent obviously isn’t enough if those partners don’t stay or don’t become engaged with the firm in a meaningful way."
In this piece, Roger provides a nuanced look at the trends in lateral hiring both pre- and post-pandemic and presents solutions for obtaining top talent during times of market instability. -
Back To The Office, But Maybe Not For Some Firms
Thomson Reuters’ Practice Innovations Newsletter
"Roger Barton, managing partner of Barton, LLP in New York, commented that his firm 'intends to have a phased return to work. This will involve having less than all of our team on site, and a form of rotation as well.'"
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Law Firms Brace For More COVID-19 Financial Woes
Law360
During an interview, Roger Barton imparts his firm’s current workflow strategy to Law360 as COVID-19 continues to affect the economy, and what he believes to be Barton’s most valuable asset.
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Demonstrating Firm Leadership in a Pandemic
Jaffee Public Relations
In an interview, Roger provides insight into how law firm leaders can handle the importance of communication, readiness, emotional well-being, and other concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Not BigLaw: How Roger E. Barton developed a more transparent compensation system
2019 Super Lawyers New York Metro Magazine
Read our Super Lawyers New York Metro magazine article entitled, “Not BigLaw” explaining how Roger Barton and Barton LLP created a method for success in breaking free from BigLaw’s ways.
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Primerus Reaches Out
Paradigm Magazine
On June 11, at the Primerus Northeast U.S. Regional Meeting, co-hosted by Barton LLP in New York City, firm managing partner Roger Barton shared with his Primerus colleagues the work of a non-profit he supports – BUILD NYC (Businesses United in Investing, Lending and Development).
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The Open Kimono: What Drives the Rising Success of Midsize Firms?
Law.com/The American Lawyer
Managing partner Roger Barton discusses what General Counsel should ask before hiring BigLaw firms.
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New York Law Firm Enters Nashville, Snags Longtime Legal Pro
The Nashville Business Journal
Marc Dedman, formerly managing partner of Spicer Rudstrom PLLC, will lead Barton's new Nashville office, the New York-based law firm first announced to the Nashville Business Journal.
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Redefining the Legal Industry’s Approach to Lateral Hiring
Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw Journal Professional Liability
Roger's article focuses on factors affecting the skyrocketing hiring rates and attrition rates of lateral partners among BigLaw firms.
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3 Ways To Make Yourself An Attractive Lateral Candidate
Law360
Gloria Sandrino, global chair of partner recruiting at recruiting firm Lateral Link, discusses why Barton has been so successful at attracting a number of BigLaw lateral partners.
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Square pegs, round holes: Does the traditional law firm business model fit the needs of clients, or even most lawyers, anymore?
Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw Journal
"There is an interesting disconnect between what in-house counsel believe is being done by firms to provide innovative solutions and what law firm leaders believe is being done."
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Litigation Management: Strategies for Aligning Cost with Value
Primerus Paradigm Magazine
Roger discusses strategies--such as disaggregation, alternative fee arrangements (AFAs), and aggressive case management--to help law firms drive more value to their clients.
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6 Lessons BigLaw Can Learn From Boutiques
Law360
Roger offers commentary on why BigLaw's dependence on the billable hour can often stifle innovation.
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US Law Firms Eye Brexit Windfall As Uncertainty Swirls
Law360
Roger offers commentary on Brexit's potential impact on U.S. investment into the U.K.
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Ones To Watch for 2016: The Best Boutique Law Firms
Acquistion International
Barton LLP Featured as “Ones to Watch for 2016: The Best Boutique Law Firms” in Acquisition International Magazine.
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Barton Nabs Corporate Pro From Haynes And Boone
Law360
Barton LLP snapped up a former Haynes and Boones LLP partner George Wang for its corporate and international practice in New York, building out the group with a transactional attorney known for his domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition work worldwide for companies and private equity firms.At his new post, Wang will continue to steer deals, joint ventures, investments and other corporate moves for clients in a broad range of industries, including energy, financial services, insurance,…
Barton LLP snapped up a former Haynes and Boones LLP partner George Wang for its corporate and international practice in New York, building out the group with a transactional attorney known for his domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition work worldwide for companies and private equity firms.At his new post, Wang will continue to steer deals, joint ventures, investments and other corporate moves for clients in a broad range of industries, including energy, financial services, insurance, real estate, technology, life sciences and consumer products.
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Barton Snags Two Commercial Litigation Partners From Mishcon
Law360
Law360, New York (October 23, 2015, 10:10 PM ET) -- Barton LLP has snagged two Mishcon de Reya LLP complex commercial financial litigation partners, including Mishcon's former New York office managing partner, the firm announced Friday.
Former Mishcon managing partner and ex-federal prosecutor James McGuire and former Mishcon partner Mark Berube joined Barton’s group of litigation specialists, the firm said.
Barton's "depth and breadth of industry experience set a precedent for…Law360, New York (October 23, 2015, 10:10 PM ET) -- Barton LLP has snagged two Mishcon de Reya LLP complex commercial financial litigation partners, including Mishcon's former New York office managing partner, the firm announced Friday.
Former Mishcon managing partner and ex-federal prosecutor James McGuire and former Mishcon partner Mark Berube joined Barton’s group of litigation specialists, the firm said.
Barton's "depth and breadth of industry experience set a precedent for boutique law firms and offer a collaborative environment that benefits our clients," McGuire said in a statement. -
Barton LLP Nationally Recognized as One of 10 Firms Giving BigLaw a Run For Its Money
Law360
Barton was singled out among the 10 firms for offering “well-rounded services in a number of practice areas.” Industry analyst Carey Bertolet was quoted as saying Barton “has a real vision in what a smaller firm can do. They have specialties across a variety of subject areas, which I think is one reason they’re doing as well as they’re doing. I think it’s a mistake to be so specialized that it’s impossible to service a client in a variety of areas.”
Honors & Awards
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Super Lawyer Business/Corporate, Business Litigation, 2013 - present
Thomson Reuters
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AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubble
Martindale-Hubble
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Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
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