Dawn Barrios

Ms. Barrios is a founding partner of BKC, concentrating on the field of complex multi-district litigation, products liability litigation, mass torts, and class actions. Ms. Barrios graduated from Newcomb College in 1974 and from Tulane University School of Law in 1976. From 1976-1979 she clerked for Chief Justice Joe W. Sanders of the Louisiana Supreme Court, then joined Carl W. Cleveland and Associates, where she made partner in 1980. She co-founded BKC in 1995. Since the mid-1990s starting with her role in the both the state and national breast implant product liability litigation, Ms. Barrios has been recognized as a leading attorney in the arena of complex products liability litigation. Judges across the country have appointed her to numerous litigation committees in products liability and mass tort consolidated cases, including being appointed Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel in a multi-district litigation against an education testing company. She currently plays an integral role on the committees overseeing the defective Chinese drywall products liability litigation, the Toyota unintended acceleration litigation, the GM ignition switch litigation, the Actos products liability litigation, the testosterone replacement therapy litigation, and in the remaining cases in the Vioxx products liability litigation. Ms. Barrios sits on the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Association for Justice, is a Director of the New Orleans Bar Foundation, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. Ms. Barrios is a native of New Orleans and is the proud mother of three sons, one of whom was made her law partner in 2014.

Tulane University School of Law

J.D. (1976) | Law

1976

Tulane University

B.A. (1974)

1974

Partner

Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteix LLP

1995 - Current

Partner

Carl W. Cleveland and Associates

1979 - 1995

Clerk

Chief Justice Joe W. Sanders of the Louisiana Supreme Court

1976 - 1979

The Long and Winding Road for Spitzfaden, Louisiana's Breast Implant Class Action

Ad Astra per Aspera

2000

A Quantum Service: Maritime Personal Injury and Death Awards From the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal and the Federal District Courts in Louisiana, 1970-1975

The Maritime Lawyer

1976

Arceneaux Professionalism Award

New Orleans Bar Association

2014

Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers Magazine

2014

Top 25 Female Lawyers in Louisiana

Super Lawyers Magazine

AV Preeminent Rated

Martindale-Hubbell

Louisiana State Bar

Member

Current

American Association for Justice

Member

Current

Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans

Board of Trustees

Current

Federal Bar Association

Member

Current

Louisiana Association for Justice

Board of Governors

Current

Louisiana

6th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

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