With a technical background as a former IT consultant, Barber Boone has over 15 years of experience in handling matters with complex e-discovery issues. He has served as lead counsel or co-counsel on various large matters where complicated document issues persist throughout the litigation, such as trade secret, false advertising, and environmental litigation. He is also experienced in advising clients responding to cybersecurity issues, especially relating to ransomware attacks. In addition to the commercial litigation and cybersecurity issues, he also defends insurance companies and third party administrators in bad faith litigation.

He is frequently called upon to assist with complex document issues. He is known for his ability to parse through large volumes of collected documents to identify documents for review and eventual production.

Barber is co-author of the Electronic Discovery chapter of the Mississippi Civil Procedure treatise. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by Mid-South Super Lawyers® for his work. He was named to the Top 50 Under 40 by the Mississippi Business Journal in 2015.

He holds a B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Immediately after Vanderbilt, Barber worked for Accenture designing and coding large custom software for his clients. After several years at Accenture, he obtained his J.D. from the University of Mississippi. Barber is admitted to practice in Mississippi and Tennessee, as well as all districts of the Mississippi U.S. District Court and the Fifth Circuit and District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals.