Barry is an Adjunct Professor for the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches Disability Rights Law. For more than 25 years, he served as Vice President of Civil Rights and Systemic Litigation for Equip for Equality.
While at Equip for Equality, he developed, litigated and supervised individual and systemic disability rights cases related to abuse and neglect, discrimination, self-determination, and community integration, and monitored the implementation of a wide range of settlements and consent decrees. He oversaw the Employment First Blueprint to assist the State of Illinois with implementing a comprehensive plan for competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities. In addition, he helped the Chicago Board of Elections achieve compliance with a Settlement Agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to ensure physical, sensory, and programmatic access to over 1,000 polling places in Chicago.
Prior to joining Equip for Equality, Barry worked as an AIDS Project Attorney for Lambda Legal and a litigation associate for a private law firm in Chicago.
Barry received his Bachelor of Arts in 1985 from the University of Illinois, where he majored in Psychology and minored in Political Science and Speech Communication. He then received his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.