Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  Since his departure from big law firm practice, Mr. Barton has been heavily involved in the practice of family law.  Whatever the issue... divorce, spousal support, child support, custody, visitation, property division, spousal abuse and restraining orders, or other, Mr. Barton has had extensive experience in dealing with the issue.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  If you are in the public eye, and don’t want the intimate details of your life disclosed in the media, an immediate and amicable settlement with your spouse may be in your best interest. The ability to settle quickly presupposes that both you and your spouse feel the same compelling need for privacy, that you both have access to the financial records evidencing the assets and liabilities created during the marriage, and that you both have excellent counsel similarly focused on helping you to resolve the issues presented by divorce on an expedited basis. Beyond that, you have to be willing to cooperate and compromise on issues like child custody, visitation and the division of property. In other words, the stars have to be aligned as they were for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
• Spousal Support
  While pre-nuptial agreements are “generally enforceable”, waivers or limitations on spousal support is a big unknown. If the agreement you made is unconscionable at the time you seek to enforce it – regardless of whether it was reasonable when made – your agreement will likely not be enforced. If your agreement waives spousal support, you would be well advised to include as an alternative a limitation on spousal support in the event the waiver is deemed unenforceable...

Criminal Law

• Restraining Order

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  Defended commercial landlord against mechanics’ lien action filed by general contractor after tenant defaulted on construction contract for tenant improvements.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Personal injury cases are customarily taken based on a percentage of recovery, with a lower percent if resolved early, and a higher percent if taken to trial.  Costs are deducted from any recovery before fees are assessed.  In the absence of recovery, the client pays nothing.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Having spent eight years as a big law firm litigation associate, Mr. Barton has helped to resolve disputes over contract interpretation, partnership agreements, purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, lender liability, tort liability, foreclosure, debt restructuring, and bankruptcy, among others.
• Debt Collection
  Defended pro-bono client against collection action, identifying violations of federal and state Fair Debt Collection Acts that resulted in dismissal of case against client, without any payment by client.