Patricio T. D. Barrera

Bar / Professional Activity

• United States District Courts for the Central District of California
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Texas
• Member, State Bar of California
• Member, California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) and National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) 
• California
• United States District Courts for the Southern District of California

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• In November 2017, a Los Angeles jury unanimously awarded our client compensatory damages of $1.22 million in a whistleblower case after less than one hour of jury deliberations.  , 2017
• In October 2016, Mr. Barrera prevailed in a wrongful termination and defamation case against a local auto dealership.  A unanimous jury awarded $360,000 to Mr. Barrera's client after just three hours of deliberations.   The case is Preciado v. Alfaqir, Inc., et al., 2016
• On August 20, 2017, a San Bernardino jury awarded our client, a former T-Mobile store manager, $5,020,042, including $4 million in punitive damages in an employment retaliation case.   The jury reached a unanimous decision after 3.5 hours of deliberations.   The case is Colucci v. T-Mobile, Inc., CIVDS1502822.  , 2017
• In April 2018, a downtown Los Angeles jury awarded damages for economic loss, emotional distress and punitive damages in a failure-to-hire age discrimination case. We represented a 54-year-old woman who was deemed qualified and recommneded for the job she was interviewing for by the interview team but she was bypassed by upper management for a substantially younger less qualified applicant.   The case is Hoffer v. Chevron USA, Inc., LASC BC637501., 2018
• A Los Angeles jury returned a verdict in our client's favor in an employment retaliation case, in the sum of $1,583,544 on June 10, 2014. Abyane v. County of Los Angeles, LASC Case No. BC489359.     , 2014

Pro bono / Community Service

• Board of Directors, California
• Trustee, Phi Kappa Theta Foundation Board
• School Board Member, Notre Dame Academy, Los Angeles, CA 
• Volunteer Prosecutor L.A., County District Attorney's Office
• Board of The Volunteer Center, South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach

Honors

• AV-Rated
• Mr. Barrera was inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in July 2017.   Membership into ABOTA is limited to trial attorneys who have tried the requisite number of civil cases to verdict. , Inductee, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2017
• Martindale-Hubbell
• Mr. Barrera has been listed in the National Trial Lawyers, Top 100, for the years 2014-2018 , Honoree, National Trial Lawyers, Top 100, 2018
• Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Educational Background

• Texas State University's School of Business, 1987

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Guest Lecturer, Litigation Topics, University of West Los Angeles
• Speaker, "Seeing is Believing," Demands for Site Inspections; Speaker, Lessons Learned, Trials & Tribulations, CELA Annual Conference, 2021 , Speaker, CELA Annual Conference, Legal, 2021
• How a QSF helps your employment clients and your law firm survive in times of pandemics and disasters , Author, Settle Your Client's Employment Case, Spread Your Fees Over Several Years, CELA Newsletter, May 30, 2020, Plaintiff Employment Attorneys And Their Clients, 2020
• On September 28, 2017, Pat Barrera spoke at a Bridgeport seminar entitled Mastering Depositions, on the topic of Deposing Expert Witnesses: Promoting Expertise and Limiting Exposure, Guest Speaker, Deposing Expert Witnesses, Promoting Expertise and Limiting Exposure, Bridgeport CLE, 2017

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Nominated for Trial Attorney of the Year, CAALA, 2018

• All Industries

“A great trial lawyer. Pat is great at connecting with jurors and is always very composed.”

“Strong advocate for his clients.”

“Pat Barrera is incredibly smart and personable. He is captivating at trial and has great rapport with clients, jurors, judges and opposing counsel.”

“Mr. Barrera is a top employment litigation attorney who is feared by the employment defense bar. He is eloquent, amiable, is always willing to go to trial, and he gets great results for his clients.”

“I've had the honor of working with Pat Barrera as co-counsel on a number of occasions. Pat is an excellent trial lawyer. He is so accomplished and at the same time so approachable and humble. Pat has a great ability to connect with his clients in order to tell their story and knows what strategies can bring their story to life in the most impactful way. He truly deserves the Superlawyers distinction.”

“Patricio Barrera is a kind, professional advocate who gets great results. I know my clients are in good hands with him.”

“Pat Barrera has been trying and winning cases for his employment law clients. He's a great lawyer and does a great job for his clients. He had a court of appeal case published in his client's favor this last year. He had several multimillion dollar settlements on cases as well.”

“Pat is a hard-working trial attorney who has achieved some very impressive jury verdicts in the last few years, which is helpful for all employment litigators to show defendants the risk of continued litigation.”