Barbara Lockwood is a broker at Douglas Elliman, the residential real estate brokerage with 70 offices and 4,000 agents nationwide. She often works with international buyers looking for pied-à-terres. Lockwood has received Ellimans Chairman's Diamond Circle Award, Pinnacle Award, Legend Award. In 2011, the firm ranked her #3 Individual Broker. From 2009 to 2012, Lockwood was at the center of a court battle between Douglas Elliman and the sellers of an Upper East Side apartment, who had retained Lockwood, found issue with her eventual dual agency on the sale, and refused to pay her commission. In 2012, the Court of Appeals ruled the brokerage was entitled to its fee, because Lockwood had not agreed not to show prospective purchases other apartments.  -MK