About Barton Webster Morris
Barton Webster Morris Jr. built a career that straddles trial work, science and the evolving legal landscape around cannabis. He trained at the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in 2011 and holds law and business degrees from Midwestern universities. Those formative credentials set the stage for a practice shaped as much by courtroom work as by technical evidence.
He began his post-law school work as a judicial clerk at the Oakland County Circuit Court in 1996. That early exposure to judicial proceedings informed his courtroom instincts. By 2001 he was operating under his own name as the Law Office of Barton W. Morris, Jr., listed as a senior trial lawyer. He has also held roles at offices that address cannabis law amid shifting state and federal rules.
Morris’s training includes a certification as a Forensic Lawyer-Scientist from the American Chemical Society. That credential signals an interest in the technical aspects of evidence. It also aligns with his longstanding involvement in criminal defense circles. He joined the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 1999 and has remained a member since. He has served on the board of the Michigan Association of OWI Lawyers beginning in 2013, a role that reflects regular work on impaired driving and related prosecutions.
His courtroom background is matched by practical trial training. The Gerry Spence program is known for an intensive, narrative-driven approach to jury persuasion. Morris took that training after several years in practice, expanding techniques he had begun developing as a clerk and early trial attorney. Over time his docket has included contested hearings, jury trials and technical evidentiary disputes that intersect with forensic chemistry and toxicology.
Colleagues describe him as a lawyer who brings technical curiosity to criminal matters. He has navigated cases that require parsing lab reports and chain-of-custody questions. Those topics recur in OWI cases and in cannabis-related prosecutions, where scientific proof of impairment, potency or contamination can be decisive.
Today he practices through two offices: Cannabis Legal Group and the Law Offices of Barton Morris. His work spans criminal defense and legal issues tied to cannabis regulation, licensing and enforcement. He remains active in professional associations that reflect the mix of courtroom and technical work in his practice.
He currently practices in criminal defense and cannabis law at Cannabis Legal Group and the Law Offices of Barton Morris.
