Brian Barr has been appointed by Federal Judge Carl Barbier to the Steering Committee that will oversee the hundreds of lawsuits filed against BP and its partners with regards to the Gulf oil spill. Barr is one of only four attorneys on this committee.
The other three are Louisiana-based lawyers Jim Roy and Steve Herman and Scott Summy of Texas-based Barron & Budd.
This is a big deal and very good for Pensacola. Hundreds of attorneys were vying for these appointments.