Background
BARRETT, LIONEL was born on May 6, 1941 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
BARRETT, LIONEL was born on May 6, 1941 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1963. Bachelor of Laws, 1966). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Delta Phi.
Staff Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1964-1966. Member and Secretary, 1983-1988, Tennessee Supreme Court Criminal Rules Advisory Committee.
Captain, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States. Army, 1966-1970. Working as a partner of LIONEL R. BARRETT, JR., Professional Corporation Admitted to the bar, 1966, Tennessee and United States. Court of Military Appeals.
1971, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1973, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1982, United States, Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Nashville (Member, Board of Directors, since 1986), Tennessee (Chair, Criminal Law Section Organizing Committee, since 1990) and American (Member, Section on Criminal Justice. Vice Chairman, 1980-1982, Committee on Economics of Criminal Law. Member, Special Committee on Future of Criminal Law, 1983-1986.
Committee on Defense Services, since 1989) Bar Associations.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Company-Chairman, Death Penalty Committee, 1983-1984. Member, Lawyer’s Assistance Strike Force, since 1988.
Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, since 1975. President, 1978-1979.
President, 1982-1983.
Chairman, Strike Force, since 1987). Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocacy.
Certified as a Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
(Also Member, Barrett & Ofman, Franklin, Tennessee) [Captain, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States. Army, 1966-1970].