He is a Fellow of INSOL International, graduating (with honors) from the Global Insolvency Practice Course in 2011, and serves on several INSOL committees. He is also a member of the International Insolvency Institute and has previously served as co-editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s International Insolvency newsletter and chair of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ International Judicial Relations Committee. Judge Barnes received his master’s and law degrees from The Ohio State University and is presently pursuing a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Law at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.