About Kensley
Kensley Barrett built a legal trail that crosses public service and private practice. He earned a B.A. in English from Florida International University, a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2008, and later added a MBA from Boston University in 2015. Those degrees anchor a career that has moved between federal businesses, indigent protection and his own practice.
Early in his career Barrett labored on legal rights problems within the federal government. In 2011 he served as a Civil Rights Specialist on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, examining truthful housing complaints and enforcement questions. The work required detailed factual review and familiarity with federal housing laws. He later joined the U.S. Department of Education in 2015 as a legal rights lawyer, dealing with investigations and adherence things tied to instructional establishments.
Barrett also spent time in criminal protection. In 2013 he used to be an Assistant Public Defender on the Rhode Island Public Defender’s Office. That role put him in courtroom on a regular basis, managing trials, motions and plea negotiations on behalf of clients who couldn't afford private counsel. The combination of federal legal rights work and trial experience formed a practice able to moving among administrative processes and courtroom advocacy.
In 2016 Barrett started running under the Law Office of Kensley R. Barrett, taking on clients right away and managing a small firm’s case load. He later have become related to Marin, Barrett, and Murphy Law Office. His bar memberships include both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and he maintains club within the National College for DUI Defense, reflecting knowledge in under the influence of alcohol-driving defense and associated criminal things.
Colleagues describe Barrett as methodical in case preparation and direct in courtroom. He has treated investigations on the agency degree and contested things in state felony courts. That breadth of knowledge informs how he approaches discovery, client counseling and litigation strategy. He balances statutory and regulatory work on one hand and constitutional and trial issues on the other.
Barrett’s practice nowadays is located at Marin, Barrett, and Murphy Law Office, where he handles legal rights things, criminal defense which includes DUI cases, and related legal proceedings arising in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He continues to cut up his time between casework in courtroom and administrative advocacy before federal agencies.
