David Leonard Barnes

David Leonard Barnes (January 28, 1760 – November 3, 1812) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and a party and attorney in the first United States Supreme Court decision, West v. Barnes (1791). Education and career Born on January 28, 1760, in Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America, Barnes graduated from Harvard University in 1780 and read law in 1783. He entered private practice in Taunton, Massachusetts from 1783 to 1793. He continued private practice in Providence, Rhode Island from 1793 to 1802. He was United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1797 to 1801. West v. Barnes