Jim Barlow is a trial lawyer with over 40 years of trial experience in state and federal courts. Current representations include significant business, plaintiffs’ personal injury, and marriage dissolution cases involving substantial assets. Mr. Barlow is a founding partner of Barlow Garsek & Simon, LLP.
Mr. Barlow’s trial and appellate experience was gained in many Texas counties, trials outside Texas, cases before many Texas Courts of Appeal and the Texas Supreme Court. Mr. Barlow has also appeared before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits. He has won multimillion-dollar verdicts and judgments for his clients, including a $55 million verdict and a $66 million judgment.
Mr. Barlow is involved in many legal and civic endeavors, providing leadership to the State Bar of Texas, the Tarrant County Bar Association, the University of Texas Law School Alumni Association, the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court. He is also a past lecturer in Advanced Courses for the State Bar of Texas, and is a Life Fellow or Sustainer in the American, Texas, and Tarrant Bar Foundations.
Practice Areas
- Business and Tort Litigation, Legal Malpractice Defense
- Marriage Dissolution in Substantial Estates
- Appellate
- Arbitration and Summary Jury Trials
Licensed to Practice
- State of Texas, All Trial and Appellate Courts
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Education
- University of Texas, LL.B. (1963)
- Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Arts (1960)
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas (Director, 1974-1975 and 1986-1989; Chairman of the
Board of Directors, 1988-1989)
- Tarrant County Bar Association (Director, 1968-1970; President, 1984-1985)
- American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Fort Worth Chapter, 1986)
- Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
- Tarrant County Bar Foundation, Charter Fellow and Former Trustee
- Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court (Master, Emeritus and President, 1999-2000)
Recognitions
- Named Texas Monthly Superlawyer and Top 100 Superlawyer
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation)
- Listed as Attorney of Excellence, Fort Worth Business Press (Business Litigation)
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