Litigation Experience

Barbier was on the prosecution team in a high profile, public corruption RICO prosecution against a county sheriff who received a 17 year federal sentence. Prosecutor: Former Lee Co. sheriff ‘absolutely corrupt’

Barbier prosecuted the first cockfighting case in the country under the revised Animal Welfare Act against 27 cockfighters. All of the  defendants were convicted. Williamsburg County cockfighting ringleader sentenced

Barbier prosecuted the Director of Finance at the South Carolina Department of Social Services who conspired to steal more than $5 million dollars from the State of South Carolina in addition to more than one hundred check cashers. Ex-DSS finance chief gets 10 years for fraud

Barbier represented the government in a qui tam lawsuit against the largest teaching hospital in the state under the False Claims Act which resulted in a multimillion dollar settlement. United States of America ex rel Burdick v. Medical University of South Carolina, et al;  2:00-cv-2724-FBH.

Barbier prosecuted and convicted seven physicians at a Myrtle Beach, SC pain clinic for the distribution of Oxycontin. US SC: Former Pain Clinic Owner Gets 15 Years

Barbier prosecuted several multi-million dollar per diem fraud cases under the False Claims Act involving defense contractors. Aiken Standard Newspaper Archives – Friday, June 02, 2000