Barrett S. Litt

Barry Litt is a founding partner of Litt & Stormer, Litt & Marquez, Litt & Associates, and now McLane Bednarski & Litt, LLP. A 1969 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Barry began his career as a criminal defense attorney and worked on the Pentagon Papers and Chicago Conspiracy trials. He has spent most of his career litigating civil rights and constitutional cases in the civil arena. Barry has tried and settled dozens of civil rights cases, many of which involved multi-million dollar awards. He has successfully handled cases throughout the country and has argued frequently before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the appellate courts of California. In 2003 Mr. Litt was lead counsel in the McClure v. City of Long Beach trial, a Fair Housing Act case that resulted in an award of $22,500,000.00 (the largest fair housing award on record at the time). He has sued the LA Sheriff’s Department on several occasions, including a 2019 $53 Million settlement for its women’s strip search practices. Mr. Litt and his firms have been recognized for their public interest and civil rights work by several organizations, including Public Counsel, the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., UCLA School of Law, and the ACLU.