Barry N. Covert

Barry N. Covert focuses his practice primarily in the following areas: New York State and federal criminal trials and appeals Constitutional law, including First Amendment, Second Amendment, and civil rights actions Qui Tam Act, also known as the False Claims Act Defending against allegations of scientific misconduct, scientific fraud, research misconduct, research fraud, plagiarism, and fabrication of evidence Defense of professional licensing, including for attorneys, doctors, and nurses Title IX issues Mr. Covert has represented numerous professional clients relating to licensing issues and defended a prominent research scientist against allegations of scientific fraud and misconduct involving several federally funded research projects involving the Office of Research Integrity (ORI). Mr. Covert is currently handling scientific misconduct cases at numerous prominent universities throughout North America. He is fluent in German. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Barry N. Covert included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Named to Best Lawyers in America Named to Business First/Buffalo Law Journal Who's Who in Law, 2012 - Present Named to the Top 50 among all attorneys named to New York Super Lawyers, Upstate Ed. Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year 2014, Named "Buffalo Best Lawyers Litigation - Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year" for 2014 by Best Lawyers in America Named to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Named to Business First/Buffalo Law Journal's Legal Elite of WNY for Criminal Defense America’s Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement Membership AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Upstate New York Super Lawyers Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Litigation—Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year, 2018 - Present Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year, Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year, 2015 - Present Legal Elite of Western New York Top 10, Business First/Buffalo Law Journal Other Sources of Feedback About Barry N. Covert Included on the 2025Upstate New York Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2016 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2015 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2014 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2013 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2012 New York Super Lawyers Super Lawyers list 2011 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2010 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2009 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list

• Senior Partner
• Languages
• German

• Instructor, Judicial Magistrate's Training Program, New York State Office of Court Administration
• Lecturer, Criminal Practice and Procedure, Evidence, Pretrial Motions and Hearings, Jury and Non-jury Trials, DWI Trials and Postconviction Remedies
• Lecturer, Criminal Practice and Procedures, Pre-Trial Motions and Hearings, and Postconviction Remedies, New York State Bar Association
• Lecturer, Vehicle and Traffic Law Trials, Bar Association of Erie County
• Adjunct Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, 2003 - 2006
• Lecturer, First Amendment Lawyers Association

• New York, 1990

• New York State Bar Association (Member)
• Erie County Community Corrections Advisory Board (Member)
• Bar Association of Erie County (Member)
• New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorney (Member)
• First Amendment Lawyers Association (Member)
• The Moot Court Board, 1988 - 1989 (Member)