Judith Barnett
Judith Barnett is an American lawyer and former senior U.S. Government political appointee who served under the Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations. She is currently principal at The Barnett Group, a D.C.-based consultancy that advises Fortune 100 companies on international trade and commerce issues, focusing on the Middle East region. Before consulting, Barnett served as a senior trade official at the U.S. Department of Commerce.[1]; practiced as a corporate lawyer and litigator[2]; taught as an adjunct law professor for eight years at Georgetown Law Center; and worked as a public affairs specialist, speechwriter, journalist[3], and speaker[4]. In addition to her consulting practice, Barnett has served on the State Department’s Advisory Committee for International Economic Policy[5], as well as various non-profit organizations including the boards of Amideast[6] and JStreet.
Career
Barnett began her service in the federal government as a public affairs specialist and speechwriter under President Carter in the Federal Trade Commission and then the new U.S. Department of Education. Her role continued throughout the first year of the Reagan administration. In 1981, Barnett began at Georgetown University Law Center while working for the American Association of Trial Lawyers (now the American Association for Justice) as the Executive Director of their Roscoe Pound Foundation[7].
In 1985, Barnett graduated from law school and in 1986, began to work in private law practice, where she advised clients in various aspects of corporate law and litigation. Concurrently, she taught as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law for eight years, courses in legal ethics, legislative advocacy and government relations in the global marketplace.
In 1993, Barnett was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Development, International Trade Administration[8], in the U.S. Department of Commerce under President Clinton[9]. During her tenure with the agency, she oversaw the only U.S. government agency that represents industry sectors, managed 22 private sector advisory committees, created and developed the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Commission, and assisted in the establishment of the Advocacy Center.
Barnett then served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for the Middle East and Africa, at the Commerce Department. As DAS, she was responsible for activities and programs in 68 countries, including bilateral and multilateral trade matters, creating and implementing regional projects and programs, and advocating for the selection of U.S. companies in a plethora of contracts and projects. In 1994, Barnett was asked by the U.S. Department of State to create and implement commercial programs that would strengthen political work on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process.[10] She organized business missions and programs for the MENA Economic Summits of the World Economic Forum in Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, and Qatar. Barnett was also involved with the Gore-Mbeki and Gore-Mubarak Partnerships for Economic Growth and Development[11], the Taba Trade Ministers program, and the Administration’s Africa Initiative. During her time at Commerce, Barnett worked on the discovering and rescuing assets and compensation for victims of the Holocaust which became an 11-agency effort that continued on for many years thereafter[12].
After working for the Clinton Administration, Barnett was a Managing Consultant for an international consulting firm for five years. She founded The Barnett Group, LLC in 2003. Her firm provides consulting services to global corporations to resolve trade barriers to growth and to expand their trade and investment opportunities in MENA[13]
In 2009, Barnett was appointed to the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee for International Economic Policy (ACIEP). While serving on the advisory board, she established the Subcommittee on Women.
Barnett has been a regular contributor of articles to a variety of publications including The Washington Post, Al Jazeera[14], Chicago Tribune[15], UPI[16], The Daily Beast[17], and on her HuffPost blog[18]. Subjects have ranged from Middle East policy, international trade and investment, to her interesting family history.[19]
References
- ↑ GovInfo (PDF). U.S. Department of Commerce https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVMAN-1998-06-02/pdf/GOVMAN-1998-06-02-Pg144.pdf#page=4. Retrieved 2 June 1998. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Martindale https://www.martindale.com/attorney/judith-barnett-370578/. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barnett, Judith (25 January 2004). The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2004/01/25/a-mind-bending-venture-into-saudi-gender-politics/a0b14d02-f865-4a58-bc68-c5a8220f7e4d/. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ C3 Summit http://www.c3business2014.com/speaker-bios. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy. U.S. Department of State https://www.state.gov/u-s-national-contact-point-for-the-oecd-guidelines-for-multinational-enterprises/advisory-committee-on-international-economic-policy/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ AMIDEAST Annual Report (PDF). AMIDEAST https://www.amideast.org/sites/default/files/otherfiles/hq/misc/AMIDEAST_ar13_low_res.pdf#page=15. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Lyles, Sharon (April 1986). Directory of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Associations and Research Centers. Law Enforcement Standards Laboratory. p. 38. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ Stopa, Marsha. Crain's Detroit Business. Crain Communications, Inc. https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/19960311/SUB/603110897/trade-conference-planned. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barr, Stephen (29 August 1996). The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/08/29/agency-renews-appeal-to-help-crash-families/b32184a9-f4dd-42c5-801c-36c2531f6d50/. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ The Middle East/North Africa Economic Summits and Conferences. Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State https://1997-2001.state.gov/regions/nea/fs_mena_econ_summ_971107.html. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Elkoussy, Bahaa. UPI https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/03/20/Mubarak-Gore-launch-economic-partnership/6710795675600/. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Eizenstat, Stuart. "Under Secretary of Commerce". U.S. Department of State Archive. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ The Barnett Group. The Barnett Group https://thebarnettgroup.biz/. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barnett, Judith. Al Jazeera America. Al Jazeera http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/10/marshall-plan-middleeastgazareconstructioneconomicdevelopment.html. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barnett, Judith. Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-04-24-0504230308-story.html. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barnett, Judith. "Outside view: Mothers' Day musings". UPI. UPI.
- ↑ Barnett, Judith. The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast Company LLC https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/judith-barnett. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ HuffPost. BuzzFeed, Inc. https://www.huffpost.com/author/judith-barnett. Retrieved 4 March 2021. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barnett, Judith. The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast Company LLC https://www.thedailybeast.com/whither-the-womens-movement?ref=author. Missing or empty
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