April 2014
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About Barry
Authored semi-autobiography " A Taste of Cold Steel."
Crimes. Drugs. Prisons. I know these well having grown up in the streets of St. Paul. Poolrooms, after-hours joints, hustling. I changed in prison. After my release, I went to college, became a criminal defense lawyer and traveled the country representing clients in state and federal courts.
During my legal career, I received recognition in the Minnesota District Court Judges Poll as the Most Well-Prepared Trial Lawyer. I was also recognized as one of Minnesota's Top 40 Criminal Defense Lawyers, one of Minnesota's Top 50 Appellate Lawyers and a Super Lawyer for years.
As a practicing attorney, I represented and consulted with musicians, actors and screenwriters.
The more successful I became, the more resentful some in law enforcement became. I no longer practice law.
I write what I know and what I lived.
Unique traits: As a former addict and convict, and then a criminal defense attorney for 35 years, I have unique experiences in representing intriguing and colorful personalities in state and federal courts; they make for interesting characters and add flavor to my storylines.
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A Taste of Cold Steel Budget: $1M - $5M | Crime ⋄ Drama Efforts by a Chicago gangster's estranged and addicted son to reunite with his psychopathic brother and get revenge against his devious father threaten the family. He's targeted for death, barely survives, reunites with his brother and loses more than he gains.
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Judge, Me Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Crime As an unethical and paranoid judge celebrates his destiny he's tricked into a hearing, confronted by a vengeful, alcoholic reporter and must persuade group-therapy prison inmates to stop the reporter's expose'. Power politics hides the judge's barbaric past and saves his career.
Education
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Mitchell Hamline School of Law
(1975-1978) -
University of Minnesota
(1973-1975)
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