Superior Court Judge
Class of 1977; Elected 2023
Barry graduated from Boston College in 1981 and received a law degree from Syracuse College of Law in 1983. He was a partner in a law firm specializing in family law and has served as chair of both the CT and Hartford County Bar Association’s Family Law Sections and was named to the Parenting Education Advisory Committee. He has been designated a “Super Lawyer” by his peers and was named a James W. Cooper Fellow by the CT Bar Foundation as well as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. The CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence named him one of the first 100 Men Working to Improve the Lives of Domestic Violence Victims. A published author, Barry has lectured at multiple law schools and colleges and has contributed in filing Amicus Curiae briefs on significant family law including Kerrigan v Commissioner of Public Health which legalized same sex marriage in CT. He has developed and produced major educational programs on domestic violence, opioid addiction, systemic racism, and problems faced by veterans’ families. Also, he helped create a nationally recognized speaker’s series on systemic racism and racial inequality. Barry was appointed to the Superior Court bench in May 2017.
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