About Barton Keyes
Barton R. Keyes, Esq. is a Partner at Cooper Elliott in Columbus, Ohio, where he has worked since 2011. With more than a decade of experience as a trial lawyer, he represents personal injury, wrongful death, and business clients in trials and arbitrations and has secured millions in verdicts and settlements.
Keyes's notable case results include a $2.7+ million jury verdict for defrauded business owners, a $1.16+ million arbitration award in an ownership dispute, a $639K+ arbitration for a wrongfully terminated CEO, a $1.9 million settlement for a child killed by an unsecured stove, and a $1.65+ million jury verdict for a bicycle accident victim.
He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star, named to the Super Lawyers list, and selected for the Columbus CEO Best Lawyers list (2022). He is a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the American Association for Justice, the Ohio Association for Justice, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Columbus Bar Association.
He earned his Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and his undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University. He is admitted to the State Bar of Ohio, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Fourth Circuits.
Notable case results
A New Jersey court entered a $20 million judgment for Keziah Lewis, half of it punitive, against ride maker KMG for the 2017 Ohio State Fair Fire Ball failure that left her with catastrophic injuries.
A federal jury found two Columbus police officers used excessive force and unlawfully detained ATF agent James Burk during a 2020 call, awarding him and his wife $1.6 million.
Jury verdict for defrauded business owners
Settlement for child killed by unsecured stove
Jury verdict for bicycle accident victim
Arbitration award in ownership dispute
Arbitration for wrongfully terminated CEO
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
