Darren C. Barreiro

Darren C. Barreiro is a commercial litigation lawyer and partner at Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, who co-chairs the firm’s Litigation Department. He represents individuals and businesses in complex disputes, including international litigation and chancery matters. His clients operate in real estate, lending, transportation, technology, healthcare, accounting, and environmental fields. He handles contract claims, ownership conflicts, unfair competition cases, consumer fraud actions, professional liability matters, employment law, and construction disputes. His practice also covers employment cases, estate litigation, bankruptcy proceedings, and serious personal injury claims in New Jersey.

Darren earned a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1993 and a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark in 1998. He then clerked for Judge Jack L. Lintner in the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Chancery Division. His clerkship ran from 1998 through 1999. His education and clerkship strengthened his legal research, writing, case analysis, and understanding of equitable remedies. He later developed those skills through demanding civil trials, hearings, negotiations, appeals, and complex commercial proceedings in New Jersey courts.

Darren has professional recognition that reflects sustained work in commercial and civil litigation. He has been certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney since 2019. He has appeared in The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation since 2025. New Jersey Super Lawyers has recognized him for Civil Litigation: Defense since 2021. He has also earned an AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, reflecting high professional standing among lawyers and judges in his field statewide.

Darren C. Barreiro is admitted in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He belongs to the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Equity Jurisprudence Committee and Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. He also participates in the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey. He supports the firm’s diversity, recruitment, and retention efforts. His broad courtroom experience and communication skills help clients address urgent disputes while protecting their financial, operational, and long-term business interests effectively.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association

Licensed State

• New Jersey

Education

• Rutgers University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Rutgers University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)