Alexander Garlin

Biography in Brief

Since receiving his law degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1976, Alexander Garlin has been representing clients and trying cases in Colorado courts for 30 years. Alex headed a Colorado multi-county Public Defenders' Office early in his career, and has defended individuals charged in a wide variety of misdemeanors and felonies, including capital crimes. His trial experience includes civil litigation as well, representing victims of medical malpractice, defective products and automobile collisions. Alex has earned the highest peer ratings for legal ability and general ethical standards. He has given CLE presentations concerning both civil and criminal practice. Alex co-chaired the Membership Committee of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, was chair of CTLA's 2000 Annual Convention, and served on CTLA's Board of Directors. He also co-chaired the Medical-Legal and Criminal Law sections of the Boulder County Bar Association, of which he has twice served as a member of the Board of Directors. He was the president of the Boulder County Bar Association for the 2000-2001 term.  Alex is one of the Boulder County Bar Association's delegates to the Board of Governors of the Colorado Bar Association. He is also a member of the 20th Judicial District Access to Justice Committee. Alex is a member of the Board of Directors of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, and is also Co-Chair of the Boulder Chapter of the Colorado Criminal Defense Bar. 

In order to attend law school, Alex relocated from New York City to Boulder, where he continues to reside.  In 1982, while still a public defender, he met a Boulder Deputy District Attorney.  They each left government service, married, and formed their own law firm.  In 1986 the Governor appointed her to the bench as a Boulder County Court Judge.  She is currently a private mediator and arbiter.  They have one daughter, who is attending law school at Alex’s alma mater.

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