Brent Barton

Brent Barton is a trial attorney and partner at Barton Trial Attorneys, a plaintiffs’ firm headquartered in Newport, Oregon. He handles catastrophic injury and medical negligence cases, with a particular focus on birth injury claims against hospitals and other health care providers, and he has litigated in most Oregon counties.

A native Oregonian, Barton holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University, an MPhil from Cambridge University and a law degree from Harvard Law School. He spent four years handling complex business litigation at Perkins Coie before joining the firm in 2010, and he became a partner in 2016. He has argued before the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals and the Ninth Circuit, and the firm reports that he has recovered more than $175 million for clients, including more than 30 cases that resolved for over $1 million each.

Barton was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2008 at age 28 and served three terms. He is president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association for 2025-26, a past chair of its Professional Negligence Section and a board member of the Western Trial Lawyers Association. He is a 2022 graduate of the Trial Lawyers College and received the Oregon State Bar President’s Public Service Award in 2016. He lives in Portland.