Curtis O Barnes is the founder, Chief Executive Officer and the sole shareholder of LOCOB. Mr Barnes practiced law for twenty years in the Los Angeles and Newport Beach offices of two national law firms, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic technology transfer and development, and commercial law matters. More recently he was “of counsel” to a California law firm where he specialized in transactional and asset recovery (collection) matters. Mr Barnes served as the first outside member of the Board of Directors of Collect America, an asset management company with in excess of $4 billion under collection throughout its national law firm network. He earned a degree in economics (1969, cum laude) and his Juris Doctorate (1972, Order of Coif ) from University of California at Los Angeles.

Scott Barnes is the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for LOCOB. Scott Barnes joined the Law Office of Curtis O Barnes, PC (‘LOCOB’) in 2008 as chief legal officer and chief compliance officer. As chief compliance officer, he is responsible for ensuring LOCOB’s compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. In his role as chief legal officer, he is responsible for managing LOCOB legal affairs and providing advice and guidance to the executive team. Mr. Barnes brings over twenty-five years of multinational legal and compliance experience in both services and manufacturing industries to his responsibilities at LOCOB. Most recently, Mr. Barnes held the role of vice president and general counsel at Harcourt Assessment, where he oversaw a team of attorneys, paralegals and other specialists who provided company-wide support on a broad range of legal and contract management issues.

Prior to joining Harcourt Assessment, Mr. Barnes held a number of senior legal positions at TRW, Inc and at several of TRW’s business units, with a heavy emphasis on strategic business relationships and acquisitions.

Before his career at TRW, Inc., Mr. Barnes was a litigation attorney at Overton, Lyman and Prince, a general practice law firm in Los Angeles.

Mr. Barnes is admitted to practice law in California and Ohio and before the federal courts, and is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Mr. Barnes earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from UCLA and a master’s degree in business administration from UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management.

Robert Barnes is the President and Chief Financial Officer at LOCOB. Robert Barnes participates in firm management and manages the legal department which presently has approximately 5,000 legal matters in various stages of litigation. He earned a degree in economics from University of California at Los Angeles (1999) and his Juris Doctorate (2003) from University of California at Hastings.

Vijay Desai serves in the capacity of California Compliance Officer and manages the Anaheim, California litigation department. He earned a degree in economics (1998) from the University of California at Davis and his Juris Doctorate (2001) from University of California at Los Angeles.

Kesha Evans is the Ohio compliance officer and an associate litigation attorney for the Law Office of Curtis O Barnes, PC (LOCOB). Prior to joining LOCOB in October 2008, Ms. Evans served as associate attorney for Cheek Law Offices, LLC, where she specialized in collection litigation, and as an assistant prosecutor for the City of Whitehall.

Ms. Evans received her bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Political Science from Marshall University in 2002. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Capital Law School in 2006. Ms. Evans is licensed in the State of Ohio and the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio, and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association and Columbus Bar Association.