Barbee B. Lyon

Education:
J.D., Yale Law School, 1971
B.A., magna cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1960
Phi Beta Kappa

Admitted to Practice:
Oregon Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Biography:
Barbee has been an appellate lawyer for over twenty years. He has an outstanding reputation and record as an appellate lawyer in Oregon. He has prosecuted or defended appeals involving antitrust law, patents, federal energy regulation, corporate law, contracts and many other subjects.

Some of these complex appeals are:

• Patrick v. Burget, 486 U.S. 94 (1988). This was a victory in the United States Supreme Court in an antitrust case involving hospitals and health care. After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had rendered an adverse decision, Barbee persuaded the Supreme Court to review that decision and then to reverse it;
  
  
• Bonneville Power Administration v. Washington Public Power Supply System, 956 F.2d 1497 (9th Cir. 1992). This was a massive case arising out of the abandonment of four uncompleted nuclear power plants in Washington. After an adverse decision by the district court, Barbee wrote the brief on appeal and argued the case on behalf of four investor-owned utilities who had invested approximately $609 million in one of the plants. The appeal was successful; and
  
  
• Sun Studs, Inc. v. ATA Equipment Leasing Inc., 892 F.2d 73, 872 F.2d 978 (Fed. Cir. 1989). This was a patent infringement case involving complex computerized technology for processing logs in sawmills and veneer mills. From an adverse district court decision, Barbee wrote the brief on appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which ruled in favor of the Tonkon Torp client and reversed.

Professional Organizations:
Oregon State Bar (Appellate Section)
Multnomah Bar Association