Atty. Robert L. "Rob" Barlow
Rob is a founding partner at Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes. Rob’s trial practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, insurance defense and coverage disputes, criminal defense, and intergovernmental disputes.
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Robert L. "Rob" Barlow is a personal injury attorney based in Denver, Colorado, practicing at Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes. Admitted to practice in Colorado, Colorado Bar Association. Educated at University of Colorado at Boulder (J.D., 2011) and Northwestern University (B.A., 2008). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2026), Best Lawyers in America — in America (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — from 2023-2025 for work in: (2026). Serands clients in Denver, CO and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Rob is a founding partner at Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes
- Rob’s trial practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, insurance defense and coverage disputes, criminal defense, and intergovernmental disputes
- His complex commercial litigation experience includes business divorces, private company disputes, real estate disputes, breaches of fiduciary duty, breaches of contract, fraud, and other business torts
- In his insurance defense practice, Rob has successfully defended dozens of businesses and their employees in premises liability, negligence, and bad faith breach of insurance cases
- He has appeared in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas
- He has litigated thousands of criminal cases and hundreds of civil cases, taking 90 of those cases through jury trial
- At the start of his career, Rob served as a law clerk to Judge Morris B. Hoffman in both the civil and criminal divisions of the Denver District Court
- Following his clerkship, he was a Deputy District Attorney in Denver and later in Durango, where he secured convictions at trial on some of the most serious offenses, including First Degree Murder and SAOC—Pattern of Abuse
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Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
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Why local counsel matters in Colorado
Practicing law in Colorado. Legal matters in Colorado are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Denver are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Colorado state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Colorado brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Colorado courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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