David B. Barlow

David Bruce Barlow (born 1971) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah and a former United States attorney for the same district.

Education

Barlow graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995, and received his Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School in 1998.

Career

Barlow began his career as an associate at Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP from 1998 to 2000. From 2000 to 2010, he worked at Sidley Austin; first as an associate from 2000 to 2006, and then as a partner from 2006 to 2010. He resigned from the Department of Justice in July 2014.

Return to the private sector

From 2014–2017, Barlow was again a partner at Sidley Austin. He was Vice President for compliance for Walmart’s Health and Wellness businesses from 2017–2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Barlow returned to Utah in 2018, when he became a partner in Dorsey & Whitney's Trial and Government Enforcement & Corporate Investigations Practice groups. Barlow worked at Dorsey & Whitney until becoming a judge.

Federal judicial service

On May 29, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Barlow to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. On July 17, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On October 17, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–3 vote. On December 3, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 88–4 vote. On December 4, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 88–4 vote. He received his judicial commission on January 6, 2020.