Albany Commercial Law Attorney | New York City, New York State Accident Lawyer

Peter G. Barber
Murphy, Burns, Barber & Murphy, LLP
226 Great Oaks Boulevard
Albany, NY 12203

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Position	Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions
Education	Honors	Published Works
Affiliations	Representative Cases

Peter G. Barber is a trial attorney with experience in many substantive areas, including commercial litigation, personal injury litigation, appellate practice, municipal law, and land use and zoning. Mr. Barber also represents physicians and nurses in matters with the Board of Regents, Public Health Council, and Office of Professional Medical Conduct. Mr. Barber is a former local zoning board chairman and has lectured on zoning and land use matters at continuing legal education and chamber of commerce gatherings.

Mr. Barber received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, summa cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany in 1983, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received a law degree, cum laude, from Albany Law School in 1986, where he was a member of the law review. Prior to founding of the Firm, Mr. Barber practiced with the law firm of DeGraff, Foy, Holt-Harris & Mealey, LLP in Albany. Before entering private practice, Mr. Barber was a Law Clerk to the Hon. Con. G. Cholakis, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York and a trial attorney with the Department of Justice, Civil Division, in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Barber was admitted to the bars of New York State in 1987, the United States District Court, Northern District of New York in 1988, the United States Court of Federal Claims in 1988, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1988, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1992 and the United States Supreme Court in 2005.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas Of Practice:: Zoning and Land Use; Physician Disciplinary Proceedings; Business & Commercial Law; Government Contracts; Litigation & Appeals; Personal Injury -- Defense; Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions:: New York, 1987; U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1992; U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1988; U.S. Supreme Court, 2005

Education:: Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York; J.D.; Honors: cum laude; Law Review: Justinian Society, Albany Law Review; State University of New York, Albany, New York; B.A.; Honors: summa cum laude; Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Major: Mathematics; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York; Major: Architecture

Published Works:: People v. Smith: Mandatory Death Laid To Rest, 47 Albany Law Review 926, 1985

Representative Cases:: Site Acquisitions, Inc. v. Town of New Scotland, 2 A.D.3d 1135, 770 N.Y.S.2d 157 (2003); Aiello v. Manufacturers Life Ins. Co. of New York, 298 A.D.2d 662, 748 N.Y.S.2d 818 (2002); Cammarota v. Drake, 285 A.D.2d 919, 727 N.Y.S.2d 809 (2001); Chemfab Corp. v. Integrated Liner Technologies, Inc., 263 A.D.2d 788, 693 N.Y.S.2d 752 (1999); Canton Bio-Medical v. Integrated Liner Technologies, Inc., 19 F.Supp.2d 22 (N.D.N.Y 1998); Orvis Co., Inc. v. Tax Appeals Tribunal of the State of New York, 86 N.Y.2d 165 (1995); In re Oare, 181 B.R. 16 (Bankr. N.D.N.Y. 1995); Gallagher v. Kirschner, 220 A.D.2d 948, 632 N.Y.S.2d 857 (1995); Automated Wagering Intern., Inc. v. New York State Dept. of Taxation and Finance, 195 A.D.2d 169 (1994); Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock v. Garrett, 6 F.3d 1547 (Fed. Cir. 1993); Transpace Carriers, Inc. v. United States, 27 Fed.Cl. 269 (1992); United States v. Grumman Aerospace Corp., 927 F.2d 575 (Fed. Cir. 1991); Biener GmbH v. United States, 17 Cl.Ct. 802 (1989)

Honors and Awards:: Justinian Society

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Albany County Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association

Past Employment Positions:: Town of Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals, Chairman, 2000 - 2004; DeGraff, Foy, Hott-Harris & Mealey, Associate, 1992 - 1995; U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., Trial Attorney, 1988 - 1992; Hon. Con. G. Cholakis, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, Law Clerk, 1986 - 1988

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Beta Kappa