Kevin is currently a 3L at American University’s Washington College of Law. He is the Editor in Chief of the Administrative Law Review (ALR), an official ABA scholarly journal published by 90 student editors at the law school. ALR is recognized in the legal community as holding title to one of the highest circulation rates among law reviews, with an estimated readership of 8,500.

In March 2009, Kevin published an article analyzing FDA’s potential regulation of the tobacco industry, arguing that the enabling legislation under congressional consideration was heavily influenced by Philip Morris and would effect an industry capture of FDA. See Kevin Gauntt Barker, Comment, Thank You for Regulating: Why Philip Morris’s Embrace of FDA Regulation Helps the Company but Harms the Agency, 61 Admin. L. Rev. 197 (2009). Kevin’s article has received critical praise from Dr. Michael Siegel, a long-time tobacco expert and professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health.

Kevin earned a B.A. in History from the University of Georgia, graduating magna cum laude in 2007. After law school, Kevin will clerk for The Honorable Robert G. James, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.