Elizabeth McDonough Barry

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Elizabeth McDonough Barry law practice specialties include estate planning, probate, and trust, law; business planning; conservatorship and guardianship matters; and special needs trust creation and administration.

Mrs. Barry served on the city council for the City of Upland, California from September 1991 through November, 1998; and served as Mayor Pro Temp for the City of Upland for two years. While on the city council, she updated municipal ordinances and initiated the Code Enforcement Task Force and served as its Chair. She rewrote the majority of ordinances with input from a citizen committee. In addition, she served as a director for the City of Upland Redevelopment Agency for seven years; and was a member of the board of directors for San Antonio Water Company and a member of the board of directors for the West End Water Company for nine years. As a member of the City of Upland Redevelopment Agency she revamped the City’s General and Specific Plans, rezoning the southeast quadrant of the city, and implementing the Historic Preservation Ordinance, while serving on the Town Center Task Force Redevelopment Project. In 1999 she received the Business Press Journal Women of Distinction Honors Award. She has been in private law practice since 1992 and has over 22 years of legal practice experience.

Mrs. Barry graduated from Western State University College of Law in 1992; and graduated from California St Polytechnic University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Political Science. She is licensed to practice in all California State Courts and is admitted to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Mrs. Barry is a member of the California State Bar Association; and the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association. She served as president of the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association from 2002-2003. She is also a member of the East San Gabriel Valley Alumnae Association. She recently completed her term as President of Upland Rotary, having served two prior years as club secretary.  She continues to hold a seat on the board of directors for Upland Rotary and serves as the club’s immediate past president

Contact:
email: embarry@barryandbarrylaw.com

phone: (909) 982-1222.