James
O. Barney concentrates his practice on real
estate acquisition, development and financing, including purchase and sale transactions,
loan transactions, condominium development and registration, subdivision
development and registration, and title insurance.
Mr. Barney provided major assistance to the New Hampshire Legislature
and Secretary of State during the nationwide reforming of
Article 9
of the Uniform Commercial Code. He is a past Chair of the Section
of Real Property Law of the New Hampshire Bar Association,
and has
also served on the Title Standards and Legislation Committees of
that Section.
Mr. Barney graduated from Princeton University in 1966, and served
three years as an officer in the Navy. He received an M.A.T. degree
from Harvard University in 1971, and a J.D. from Boalt Hall School
of Law in 1975. After practicing law for eight years in California,
Mr. Barney joined the firm in 1983.