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Kevin Barker is a partner at the firm. His practice focuses on commercial real estate and business transactions.

Mr. Barker works on the acquisition, disposition, development, financing, leasing, and management of real estate assets. His practice encompasses a wide variety of asset types, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, senior housing, and hotels. He routinely represents clients in connection with purchase and sale agreements, commercial leases, management agreements, licenses, loans, and closing documents. He also counsels clients regarding due diligence, business formation, and restructuring incident to transactions.

In addition to his transactional practice, Mr. Barker has substantial experience in litigating commercial real estate, business, and state administrative agency disputes. He has represented clients in high-stakes matters concerning the ownership, control, and management of real property and companies, as well as commercial lease disputes. He has obtained emergency injunctive relief for his clients, won cases on pretrial motions, and secured judgments and awards in his clients’ favor at trial and in arbitration. He has also won appeals in the Appellate Court of Maryland and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

He is the co-author of Maryland Real Property Law and Practice, a forthcoming book from LexisNexis.

Prior to joining BBS&G, Mr. Barker served as a law clerk to a U.S. District Judge.

  • Representative Experience
    • Successfully defended owners of a healthcare company in a multi-week arbitration hearing who were being sued for ownership rights in the company, fraud, breaches of fiduciary duties, and corporate minority oppression.
    • Successfully argued an appeal to the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland that reversed a punitive damages award against an international distributor of tablet computers.
    • Won a jury trial, including an award of punitive damages, on behalf of property owner suing construction company for fraud.
    • Won summary judgment on all claims, including fraud, on behalf of a large commercial property owner in the District of Columbia.
    • Won summary judgment on all fraud claims on behalf of a commercial real estate developer in the District of Columbia.
    • Represented a purchaser related to the acquisition of commercial property valued at $4 million.
    • Negotiated a hotel management agreement on behalf of an owner with a third-party management company.
    • Negotiated a commercial lease with a U.S. government contractor on behalf of a property owner.
    • Drafted a 98-page investigative report concerning a highly publicized real estate dispute that was praised by an opinion of the Court of Appeals of Maryland for its “exceptional analysis” and was described by the client as “an extremely thorough, comprehensive review.”
  • Professional Affiliations
    • Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, Diversity Committee, 2018 – present
    • Maryland State Bar Association, 2012 – present
    • District of Columbia Bar Association, 2012 – present
  • Books, Articles and Seminars
    • Lecturer on Hotel Transactions, Hospitality and Tourism Law Program, American University Washington College of Law.
    • Comment, Thank You for Regulating: Why Philip Morris’s Embrace of FDA Regulation Helps the Company but Harms the Agency, 61 Admin. L. Rev. 197 (2009).