Charles Barr Email & Phone Number

• More than 47 years in private practice, including a wide variety of civil and criminal trials and appeals, with focus on written advocacy• 20 years as municipal judge, including numerous trials and authorship of detailed written opinions• Seven years as arbitrator on the Commercial Arbitration and Consumer Arbitration Panels of the American Arbitration Association, including numerous hearings and authorship of detailed orders and awards• Four years as Referee for Wisconsin Supreme Court in attorney disciplinary and medical incapacity casesPublications: "Legal Research, Honorable Engagements, and an Integrated Theory of Arbitration," Journal of Dispute Resolution (May-June 2024), pp. 11-31; “Arbitration: The Pros, the Cons, and the Best Fit,” Wisconsin Lawyer (Jan. 2023); “A Boost for Arbitrator Discretion Under Honorable Engagements?,” ARIAS U.S. Quarterly (Q2, 2022), pp.10-17; “Oh, Sure, Blame the Media,” MBA Messenger (2016); “The Seven Deadly Sins of Brief Writing,” MBA Messenger (2008); “Unpublished Opinions and the Nature of Stare Decisis,” MBA Messenger (2002); “Seventh Circuit Determinations of Wisconsin Law,” MBA Messenger (2002). Contributing author for Survey of State Class Action Law (American Bar Association Section of Litigation), and Wisconsin Practice Series: Methods of Practice (4th ed., Thomson West).Pro Bono Activities: • Volunteer Attorney, Milwaukee Justice Center• Volunteer Attorney, The Advocates for Human Rights (Minneapolis, Minnesota)Full bio at https://healthsciencelawgroup.com/who-we-are/