John C. Barber

Mr. Barber graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, he served as a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps for 6 years. He flew 120 combat missions in the A-6 Intruder all-weather attack jet in the Vietnam War during which he was awarded 13 air medals. He obtained his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1976.

Mr. Barber specialized in insurance defense, product liability and aviation tort law with the trial firm of Brill & Hunt in Los Angeles for the first 8 years of his legal career, eventually becoming partner. For the past 34 years with the firm of Barber & Bauermeister, he has acquired extensive experience defending cities in Orange County and Los Angeles County in dangerous condition of public property, wrongful death, civil rights, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits. His ADA cases have related to public transportation, new construction, alterations, and program accessibility. He has more than 40 jury trials to verdict. He is a Fellow in the American Board of Trial Advocates [ABOTA] and a graduate of the Advanced National Institute of Trial Advocacy [NITA]. He is in his 37th year on the panel of defense attorneys for the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority [CJPIA] and has lectured at multiple seminars on public entity defense.