Attorney Profile
Ronald D. Barber
Education: University of Pittsburgh, J.D., cum laude, 1988
Admissions: 1988, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, First District
Practice Areas: Media Law; First Amendment Law; Personal Injury; Professional Malpractice; Commercial Litigation
Ronald D. Barber is a shareholder with the Pittsburgh office of the law firm of Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky.
Mr. Barber is an experienced trial lawyer who concentrates on media and First Amendment law, personal injury and professional malpractice, and commercial litigation.
Community Activities
In addition to his work as a lawyer, Mr. Barber has provided active support to community and charitable organizations, such as the Alzheimers Association, the United Way of Allegheny County, and the Scouting for Food program of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. He has held leadership roles with non-profit groups that focus on making legal services available to disadvantaged individuals and communities, such as serving as a director of Neighborhood Legal Services Association; as legal affairs vice chairman for the Anti-Predatory-Lending Project of the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group; and as a member of the Legal Committee of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mr. Barber is currently serving as president of the century-old Pittsburgh Chess Club, Inc.
Professional Activities
Mr. Barber served for several years as law clerk to the Honorable Ronald W. Folino of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He also has taught high school history, and college and graduate media law and ethics, providing him with unique perspective on human nature and the foundations of the American legal system.
He holds both his bachelor of arts degree (magna cum laude, 1983) and law degree (cum laude, 1988) from the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Barber is a native of Tacoma, Washington.
Reported Opinions
Tribune-Review Pub. Co. v. Westmoreland County Housing Authority, 795 A.2d 1094, 30 Med. L. Rptr. 2260 (Pa. Commw. 2002).
Buchleitner v. Perer, 794 A. 2d 366 (Pa. Super. 2002).
Melvin v. Doe, 49 Pa. D.&C. 4th 449, 29 Med. L. Rptr. 1065 (Allegh. Co. 2000), appeal dismissed, 789 A.2d 696 (Pa. Super. 2001), alloc. granted, 569 Pa. 708, 805 A. 2d 525 (2002).
Pennsylvania v. Flaherty, 983 F.2d 1267 (3d Cir. 1993), aff'g, 760 F. Supp. 472 (W.D. Pa. 1991).
United States v. Dollar Bank Money Market Account, 980 F.2d 233 (3d Cir. 1992).
