Barry Scheer is “Of Counsel” to Parker Scheer LLP and serves as the firm’s Chief Ethics Counsel. Long recognized as among Massachusetts’ preeminent business law and business litigation lawyers, Barry represents large and small businesses both in Massachusetts and throughout the United States. Over his forty-year career, Barry has enjoyed a consistent record of success in both the trial courts and all state and federal appellate courts, including the recent landmark case of Oxford Global Resources v. Hernandez, decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In addition to his highly successful trial record, Barry has also served as both mediator and arbitrator in a wide variety of business-related disputes.
As a tribute to the quality of his legal work, Barry has been consistently named a Massachusetts and New England Super Lawyer ™ by the publishers of Boston Magazine, in the area of business litigation, every year since the list was first published in 2004. Mr. Scheer has been a frequent guest lecturer at Boston College Law school and, for many years, served as a trial advisor with the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy program.
In addition to his extensive client base, Attorney Scheer also serves as regional litigation counsel for a prominent midwestern publicly traded corporation, handling and supervising litigation matters throughout the New England region.
On the business transactional side, Mr. Scheer routinely advises business entities on structure, governance issues, contract issues, employment issues, compliance issues, fiduciary obligations and a host of other issues with a view to bringing real, practical solutions to both the routine and the difficult. His resume also includes a number of mergers, acquisitions and sales.
Recent deals include:
- Sale of Legal stenography company
- Sale of equity in a GPS business with an enterprise value of $16M.
- Sale of semi-conductor company with a value of $24M.
- Sale of a tech company with a value of $10M.
- Sale of equity in a tech company with an enterprise value of $8M.
- Purchase of a machine manufacturer.
- Purchase of a catering company with land and facilities.
- Purchase of 11-story Boston office building.
- Purchase of commercial Boston parking lot.
- Purchase of 50% equity in Austrian security equipment manufacturer.
- Sale of a Real Estate Company with an enterprise value of $2.5M• 10M Private equity financing for an agricultural facility.
Education & Jurisdictions Admitted To Practice
Education
- State University of New York at Stony Brook BA 1974
- New England Law Boston JD 1977
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts 1977
- Rhode Island 2016
- U.S. District Court for the District of Mass. 1980
- U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals 1998
Latest News
June 12, 2025 
Bar and Professional Associations
- Mass Bar Association
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- International business and tax law roundtable
Professional Awards & Recognition
- 2004 – present – Massachusetts Super Lawyer, Boston Magazine
