Attorney Profiles

Brian Barrido graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Ecology, Ethology and Evolution.  In 2001, Mr. Barrido graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law.  While attending law school, Mr. Barrido was chosen to participate in the Illinois State Appellate Defender Clinic in Springfield, Illinois for two consecutive years and was a law clerk for the Cook County Public Defender's Office in both their post-conviction unit and felony trial division. 

After graduation, Mr. Barrido began his legal career with the Cook County Public Defender's Office in the Juvenile Court system, Child Protection Division.  After a successful litigation career in the Juvenile Court, Mr. Barrido continued on in the Felony Trial Division of the Cook County Public Defender's Office.  Mr. Barrido has successfully tried many bench and jury trials as an Assistant Public Defender, including but not limited to drug cases, armed robbery, rape, possession of stolen motor vehicles, kidnapping, assault, battery, attempted murder and first-degree murder. 

Based upon his success as an Assistant Public Defender, Mr. Barrido was offered an opportunity to further his career as an Assistant Director of Attorneys of the famed Cochran Firm Criminal Defense Section in Santa Monica, California, founded by renowned criminal defense attorney Johnnie Cochran.  While with The Cochran Firm, Mr. Barrido assisted in the oversight of approximately 250 criminal defense attorneys nationwide and helped further the legacy of Mr. Cochran's firm throughout the United States. 

In 2007, Mr. Barrido joined the firm founded by Richard Dvorak and Neil Toppel and the partnership of Dvorak, Toppel & Barrido, LLC was formed.  The firm specializes in civil rights litigation and criminal defense.

Mr. Barrido is a member of the Illinois Bar, the general and trial bars of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, the general bar of the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin and as lead counsel on the Illinois Capital Litigation Trial Bar.