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Mr. Barnes is a Shareholder in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Litigation and Gaming groups. His diverse litigation practice encompasses all aspects of complex commercial litigation for a wide variety of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups including contractual and business torts, construction, procurement, real estate, employment, environmental, insurance, gaming and product liability. He has successfully tried cases in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies. In addition, he has significant experience in various alternative dispute resolution forums. Mr. Barnes won a trial affirming the award of a contract for child support enforcement services, the largest of its kind in the United States. He also successfully defended a national air carrier in the first case to be tried under federal whistle-blower provisions. In addition, he won a summary judgment while defending an antitrust action in the gaming industry. Mr. Barnes represents clients in the gaming industry with respect to licensing, regulatory investigations and compliance matters, as well as obtaining gaming approvals for the structuring of major financings and mergers and acquisitions, including multi-jurisdictional private equity transactions. | 