pbarker@ansellzaro.com

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Phyllis Barker is an experienced civil litigator and member of the firm's Commercial Litigation Department. She received her B.A. in English from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she graduated summa cum laude, and her J.D. from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, where she was a Pedrick Scholar, received the Graduate Academic Scholarship Award, and was elected and served as Secretary of the Student Bar Association. After law school, Ms. Barker began her career in California, where she served as the Senior Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California, and taught Legal Analysis and Writing as an Adjunct Professor at San Joaquin College of Law. Ms. Barker is licensed to practice law in California and New Jersey and concentrates her practice in complex commercial/business litigation, including contract, stock purchase, real estate, construction, municipal/public entity, labor, employment and civil rights matters.

Current Employment Positions:
Associate

Areas Of Practice:
Complex/Business Litigation
Contract
Stock Purchase
Real Estate
Construction
Municipal/Public Entity
Labor/Employment
Civil Rights

Bar Admissions:
California, 1988
New Jersey, 1997

Education:
Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Arizona, 1988, J.D.
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1983, B.A.

Professional Associations and Memberships:
New Jersey State Bar Association
Monmouth Bar Association
California State Bar Association

Birth Information:
1961, Long Branch, New Jersey