Mr Ben Barnett > Dechert LLP > Philadelphia, United States > Lawyer Profile
Dechert LLP Offices
CIRCA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104-2808
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Mr Ben Barnett
Work Department
Strategic eDiscovery and Data Management
Position
Partner
Career
Ben Barnett is a leading eDiscovery attorney who has played a key strategic role in significant civil and criminal matters for more than 17 years. Many of the eDiscovery strategies that Mr. Barnett developed in the crucible of national multi-district litigations in the U.S. now serve as “best practices” for companies facing serial litigation and investigations. Mr. Barnett helped engineer and implement Dechert’s client-focused eDiscovery Advisory Team (eDAT) and Preferred Vendor Program (PVP) which aim to transform eDiscovery from an area of legal and financial risks to a source of strategic strength supporting clients’ litigation and business objectives. In the past decade, Mr. Barnett’s work has increasingly been for clients facing simultaneous multi-jurisdictional criminal investigations and civil litigation such as the Takata Airbag litigation which arose from the largest automotive recall in U.S. history.
Recently, Mr. Barnett was the chief architect of the disclosure strategy for the global Airbus investigation which resulted in a same-day resolution with authorities in France, the UK, and the U.S. in 2020. Working within a client-created Virtual Law Firm, Mr. Barnett designed, implemented, and managed a strategy to accelerate the identification and production of key evidence to the authorities in three jurisdictions while navigating a maze of different data security laws, privacy restrictions, languages, and legal privilege regimes. This unified strategic approach significantly reduced the time and cost of disclosure and generated millions in cooperation credit for Airbus.
Through this client work, Ben has expanded his expertise into privacy and cybersecurity issues, including data transfers between jurisdictions, navigating national blocking statutes and privacy regulations, and the impact of the tectonic shift to cloud-based data storage. In addition to addressing these issues in the context of litigation and investigations, Mr. Barnett also advises clients on pro-active and holistic data management strategies and data monetization projects.
Mr. Barnett maintains an active pro bono appellate practice in keeping with his long-standing commitment to public service. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Barnett served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. He also worked on Capitol Hill for five years prior to and during law school.
Memberships
- Board of Governors, Philadelphia Bar Association
- Co-Chair, Large Firm Management Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association
- Member, University of Pennsylvania Inn of Court
- Newlin Township Planning Commission
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > E-discovery
Dechert LLP’s practice handles a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters for healthcare and tech companies, including antitrust and commercial disputes, product liability disputes, and corporate investigations. Ben Barnett leads the practice from Philadelphia, assisting clients with high-stakes multi-district litigation, covering both civil and criminal aspects. Matthew B. Tate, who also works out of the Philadelphia office, has long-standing experience of handling data privacy and management issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation