About Barry Snell
Admitted: 1971, Texas
Professional Webpage: www.bsklaw.com/BSKlaw/barry_snell.html
Honors and Awards:
- Mr. Snell scored the highest grade of the 310 persons in the State of Texas who took the January, 1971, Texas State Bar Examination , Highest grade on State Bar Examination, State Bar of Texas, 1971
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2009
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Mr. Snell is licensed in all Texas state courts and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is also licensed in the State of Colorado (presently inactive).
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Chairman of the Consumer Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, 1979
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Mr. Snell has lectured on the subject of Consumer Law on several State Bar of Texas CLE Programs and has twice been invited to address the State Judicial Conference on subjects pertaining to Consumer Law., State Bar of Texas, State Judicial Conference
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Mr. Snell obtained a $30,000,000 jury verdict in a commercial case in Bexar County, Texas, in 1995 and a $5,500.000 jury verdict in a consumer case in Bexar County, Texas, in 2009. He sucessfully obtained certification of a 300,000+ member class action and sucessfully settled the case after winning two interlocutory appeals, one of which was heard by the Supreme Court of Texas with Mr. Lawrence Tribe of Harvard Law School representing the Defendant.
Representative Clients:
- Rackspace US, Inc; HEB Grocery Company; San Antonio Shoe; Silver Ventures; Hixon Properties; Briscoe Western Art Museum; Whitestone Custom Homes; Prestige Homes; Reata Real Estate Service; Birnbaum Property Company; South Texas Blood Bank; Dominion Advisory Group; Culbra Market, Ltd; SWI, Inc; Abrazo Adoption Associates; The Weston Centre
Educational Background:
- BA, St. Mary's University, 1968; JD, St. Mary's University, 1970