Tamara A. Barney, Esq. Criminal Defense Lawyer- Providence

Tamara Barney began her legal career in 1994 with the Alameda County (California) Public Defender's Office, where she tried twenty cases to verdict and handled a full caseload of clients whose charges included felony drug use and distribution, assault and battery, burglary, robbery, weapons possession, assault with deadly weapons, child molestation, fraud and car theft. In 2002, Ms. Barney became Of Counsel first to Gescheidt & O'Brien, and then in 2003 to MacFadyen, Gescheidt & O'Brien, where she is involved in all aspects of federal and state criminal defense and appellate work. Ms. Barney also represents clients involved in civil litigation.

Since 2002, Ms. Barney has served on the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) First Circuit Panel, where she represents indigent clients on appeal before the First Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, she serves on the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Massachusetts, where she provides trial representation to indigent persons contesting petitions seeking commitment to public or private psychiatric facilities or judicial authorization to administer antipsychotic medication.


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John A. MacFadyen, Esq. Lise J. Gescheidt, Esq. C. Leonard O'Brien, Esq. B. Jean Rosiello, Esq. Tamara A. Barney, Esq. Ellen Taylor, Legal Assistant Diane Patry, Office Manager PRACTICE AREAS Criminal Defense Criminal Appeals Mental Health Litigation Civil Litigation BAR ADMISSIONS Rhode Island (2002) Massachusetts (2002) California (1993) United States District Court, District of Rhode Island (2009) United States District Court, District of Massachusetts United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit (2002) United States Supreme Court (2006) EDUCATION Boston University School of Law, J.D. (1993) University of California, Berkeley, B.A. (1989) BACKGROUND Of Counsel, MacFadyen, Gescheidt & O'Brien, 2003-present Of Counsel, Gescheidt & O'Brien, 2002-2003 CJA First Circuit Panel attorney, 2002-present Committee for Public Counsel Services, Massachusetts, 2002-present Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Alameda County, Oakland, CA, 1994-2001			Tamara A. Barney Attorney at Law Tel: 401.751.5090 Fax: 401.751.5096 email Tamara A. Barney
		Tamara Barney began her legal career in 1994 with the Alameda County (California) Public Defender's Office, where she tried twenty cases to verdict and handled a full caseload of clients whose charges included felony drug use and distribution, assault and battery, burglary, robbery, weapons possession, assault with deadly weapons, child molestation, fraud and car theft. In 2002, Ms. Barney became Of Counsel first to Gescheidt & O'Brien, and then in 2003 to MacFadyen, Gescheidt & O'Brien, where she is involved in all aspects of federal and state criminal defense and appellate work. Ms. Barney also represents clients involved in civil litigation. Since 2002, Ms. Barney has served on the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) First Circuit Panel, where she represents indigent clients on appeal before the First Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, she serves on the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Massachusetts, where she provides trial representation to indigent persons contesting petitions seeking commitment to public or private psychiatric facilities or judicial authorization to administer antipsychotic medication.