Brenton Stanley

Brenton Stanley is a skilled legal writer and appellate advocate who has spent his career holding corporations accountable for the harm they cause. With more than a decade of experience in personal injury, products liability, and wrongful death litigation, he brings precision and depth to the most complex briefing challenges.

Biography

Brenton D. Stanley is dedicated to helping clients obtain justice and has prevailed in court against some of the largest corporations in the world. He has more than a decade of experience handling personal injury, products liability, and wrongful death cases. Brenton has gained a reputation as a skilled legal writer and has handled brief writing on a variety of complex legal issues. From California to Pennsylvania, his written briefing has won issues in personal injury cases across the country. Brenton has worked as a brief writer in a number of multi-district litigation and mass tort cases that have resulted in historic settlements for plaintiffs, including the Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFF) Products Liability Litigation, which has resulted in more than $20 billion in settlements.

Prior to joining Arnold & Itkin, Brenton operated his own practice where he worked as an appellate advocate and partnered with other plaintiffs’ firms to write trial-level briefs. He has handled cases involving toxic spills, water contamination, train derailments, pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, consumer products, social media, asbestos exposure, processed food, automobile collisions, slips/trips and falls, nuisances, and other forms of negligence. He began his legal career prosecuting felony cases at the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office in Louisville, Kentucky where he tried cases and obtained convictions in an assortment of criminal matters, including murder, rape, robbery, and burglary cases. He has spent his legal career holding wrongdoers accountable.

Brenton received his bachelor’s degree from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he graduated cum laude. He received his law degree from the University of Louisville's Brandeis School of Law, where he was Notes Editor of the UofL Law Review and graduated cum laude. Brenton is licensed to practice in Kentucky and Indiana and has appeared in and/or written briefs for litigation in several other jurisdictions, including Florida Federal District Court, North Carolina Federal District Court, South Carolina Federal District Court, Pennsylvania Federal District Court, New Jersey Federal District Court, California Federal District Court, California State Court, Louisiana Federal District Court.

Brenton grew up in Southern Illinois. He currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife, daughter, and hound dog. He enjoys spending time with his family and designing, building, and playing guitars.