John Adams Adams Barrett

Background

Barrett, John Adams was born on October 24, 1937 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Son of Burford and Miriam (Adams) Barrett.

Education

University of Kansas (Bachelor of Science, 1960). University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, 1963). Phi Alpha Delta.

Career

Worked at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (Houston, Texas) specializing in International Corporate Law, Corporate Law, Bankruptcy. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Texas. 1990, District of Columbia.

Phi Alpha Delta. Member: New York Council on Foreign Relations. International Institute of Strategic Studies, London. Advisory Board, Texas International Law Journal.

Houston Journal of International Law. Member: Houston, American (Co-Chair, Foreign Investment Committee) and International Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; American Law Institute.

National Bankruptcy Conference. American College of Bankruptcy. Southwestern Legal Foundation (Member, Advisory Board).

Achievements

• Bar: Texas 1963, District of Columbia 1991.

Membership

Member American Bar Association (section international law and practice, committee international investmentand development), Texas Bar Association (international law section), Houston Bar Association(international law section), International Bar Association (chairman insolvency and creditor rights committee business section, since 1986, originator and co-author Model Insolvency Cooperative Act, adopted in 1989), American Law Institute, National BankruptcyConf., Southwestern Legal Foundation (advisory board international and corporation law center since 1983), International Institute for Strategic Studies, American College Bankruptcy, Council on Foreign Rels.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, skiing, wine, traveling.

Connections

Children: John Adams Junior, Kenneth Edward. Married Linda Fraustro, November 18, 1989.

Father:

Burford Barrett

Mother:

Miriam (Adams) Barrett

Spouse:

Linda Fraustro

child:

John Adams Junior Barrett

child:

Kenneth Edward Barrett