Barry Flynn is a Partner with GRSM, practicing in the Houston and Dallas offices. Barry also is a member of the Commercial Litigation, White Collar Defense, Employment, Labor and Franchise practice groups. Throughout his 40-year career he has successfully tried approximately 85 cases to jury verdict and/or final arbitration award in Texas and several other states.
Representative Experience
Examples of Mr. Flynn’s extensive range of experience include the following:
- Successfully tried a tradesmark infringement case and several trade secret cases.
- Defending clients in SEC enforcement actions and white collar criminal defense.
- Providing lead counsel for key parties in some of the most complex civil litigation in Houston, Texas, including the Enron Securities litigation and the Waste Management Securities litigation.
- Consults regularly with and represents businesses and their owners relative to corporate governance controversies, securities issues, controversies with vendors and counter parties to transactions, as well as complex employment disputes.
- Representing employers in all types of discrimination, wrongful termination and tort/contract claims.
- Argued over 25 appeals to all Texas Appellate Courts, including the Texas Supreme Court, and on four separate occasions to Federal Courts of Appeal.
- Lead trial counsel in over 85 jury trials in State and Federal Courts.
Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan
- U.S. Supreme Court
Memberships
- Houston Bar Foundation
- Texas Bar Foundation
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
Education
- J.D., with honors, University of Houston Law School, 1977
- B.A., Western Michigan University
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Commercial Litigation (2016-2025)
- Top Rated Lawyer-AV® Preeminent™, Martindale-Hubbell
- Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- “Litigator of the Week,” Texas Lawyer (September 19, 2011)
- Super Lawyers® distinction in Business Litigation (2004-2009, 2011-2023)
- Fellow of the Houston Bar Foundation
- Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation