About Peter Gibbins

Peter Gibbins is an Associate Attorney at Zaner Law Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys. He represents plaintiffs in catastrophic injury, defective product, trucking accident, and wrongful death cases from inception through appeals.

Gibbins's notable verdicts include $55.5 million in Georgina Perez v. Sunbeam Products (2024; $9.1 million final judgment in 2025) and $3.2 million in Jerry Gyrion v. Dillon Companies LLC (2023). He has been recognized by the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Super Lawyers, the National Trial Lawyers, and 5280 Top Lawyers (2025), and has won the Excellence in Negotiation and ADR Award, Excellence in Oral Advocacy Award, and Regional Champion of the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition.

Gibbins earned his Juris Doctor and an LLM in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science cum laude from Metropolitan State University of Denver. He was elected Second Vice President of the Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education in November 2025.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Zaner Law Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys

These results are credited to Zaner Law Personal Injury and Car Accident Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$16 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #11

A temporary electrical box exploded and electrocuted flooring installer Brian Warembourg, and a Boulder County jury returned a $16 million verdict against the electrical contractor, the largest premises liability award in Colorado history.

Boulder County District Court (Boulder, CO) · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$12.94 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #12

A defective frac tank exploded under an Air Force veteran at a Weld County well pad in 2019, and a federal jury in Denver returned $30 million, though Colorado's cap on pain-and-suffering damages later cut roughly $14 million.

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (Denver) · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$8.4 millionVerdictTop 20 in Colorado · #16

A Denver jury awarded electrician Jon Valaer $8.4 million after contractor Q3 left three energized wires hidden inside a power pedestal that shocked him and left him with complex regional pain syndrome.

Denver District Court (Denver, CO) · 2021Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$1.91 millionVerdict

A Denver jury awarded $2.25 million against a drunk driver who pulled into the path of motorcyclist Abdul Alhilo and then fled the scene, and the Colorado Court of Appeals later affirmed the verdict, including its exemplary damages.

Denver District Court (Denver, CO) · 2014Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Colorado
State Bar of Missouri
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Super Lawyers
5280 Top Lawyers (2025)
ABA Representation in Mediation Competition - Regional Champion

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Leventhal Puga Braley
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$67.35 Million Colorado Record for Infant Brain-Damaged When Surgeon Tied Off Aorta in Heart Surgery
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Bachus & Schanker, Personal Injury Lawyers
$27.6 Million Verdict for Newborn Whose E. Coli Sepsis Went Untreated at North Colorado Medical Center
Chod Law, LLC
Chod Law, LLC
$9.3 million · Jury Awards Lincoln Railcar Repairer $9.3 Million After BNSF Crane Accident Left Him With Spine Injuries
Dormer Harpring Denver Personal Injury Lawyers
Dormer Harpring Denver Personal Injury Lawyers
$4 million · Federal Jury Awards $4 Million After Saguache County Jail Staff Ignored Inmate's Suicidal Warnings
The Wilhite Law Firm
The Wilhite Law Firm
$4.51 Million Verdict After Homeowner Abandons Ladder, Fracturing Worker's Spine

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.