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Constitutional. Criminal Tax. Civil Rights.
I’m Robert Barnes, advocate for the underdog and Attorney at Law.
From small-town East Ridge, Tennessee, to the elite environs of the Eastern Ivy league, Robert Barnes walks among the humble and the haughty. Traveling from the everyday to the esteemed, representing clients fighting for their civil rights and celebrities taking on the IRS, Barnes heeds the advice of his newspaper-throwing father, Walter, who was fond of reminding, "Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes".
“One of the central figures in the free speech battle.”
- Dave Rubin, the Rubin report
Barnes says ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Roger Ver has ‘many defenses’ against IRS’s $48 million tax-evasion indictment
Roger Ver, a pioneering figure in the Bitcoin world and cofounder of Bitcoin.com, was arrested in Spain in late April on charges of mail fraud, tax evasion and filing false tax returns.
The U.S. Department of Justice will seek Ver’s extradition to stand trial in the United States for allegedly causing a loss to the IRS of at least $48 million. READ MORE…
Wesley Snipes vs. IRS
The Wesley Snipes case highlights a unique legal strategy that confounded many other high profile tax attorneys...
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Perry vs. Milwaukee Police Dept.
Soaked in his own urine and feces, blood seeping from a spit mask, James Perry died in pre-booking...
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Charles Johnson vs. Twitter, Inc.
> > GO TO ARTICLES in The Washington Post, The Hollywood Reporter & Mashable.com
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Today, Barnes continues to take on the cause of underdogs, no matter how difficult the odds. Where other lawyers lose 90% of the time, Barnes win more often than not. Fighting for CITIZENS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR ACCESS TO FREE SPEECH AND BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, BARNES TAKES ON BIG TECH AND MEDIA CENSORS, OVERREACHING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND AGENTS, unethical law firms, corrupt banks, and rogue government agents, Barnes continues the family tradition his great-grandfathers started centuries ago, fighting for the freedoms that founded America.