William P. Barnette

Associate General Counsel at The Home Depot

He is a member of the company’s Legal Senior Leadership Team. He is responsible for the company’s most significant commercial and business litigation, including consumer class actions, IP disputes, antitrust, vendor and customer disputes, and shareholder matters. Prior to joining The Home Depot, he worked on mass torts and class action defense with King & Spalding LLP. He earned a JD, magna cum laude, from Loyola University School of Law and a BA from The University of the South.

My Articles

Commercial and Contracts

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Managing Cross-border Disputes

In the cross-border context, a company’s business and legal risks can be influenced not just by local laws and procedures, but by political, social, and cultural factors as well. Effective management of cross-border disputes must, therefore, account for many variables.