Throughout his legal career, Bill has demonstrated his commitment to professional and personal growth. He is both a passionate student and generous teacher of the psychological and clinical aspects of trial advocacy. Bill has taught advocacy for the Trial Division of the Oregon Attorney General's Office, the state's largest "law firm," and has been a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School's Trial Advocacy Workshop.

Bill's wealth of knowledge and experience culminates each year with Barton's Litigation Boot Camp. Each Boot Camp consists of 23 hours of instruction spanning two weekends about six months apart. Participation in the workshop is by invitation only and is limited to approximately ten lawyers each session. Participants are carefully selected and must desire a career as a civil jury lawyer. Emphasis is on concepts and strategy.

• Cross Examination
• Goddard v Farmers - A study in Defense Causation Arguments and Plaintiff's Nullifying Instructions
• Bad Faith Litigation Against the Insurance Carrier: The Plaintiff's Perspective
• Mediation From a Plaintiff's Perspective
• Hastings v. Hayton, M.D.  - Closing Argument
• Prologue to Recovering for Psychological Injuries, 2^nd Edition
• Cost Containment Guidelines
• Personal Authenticity, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, May 2003 
• The Forensic Application of Social Science, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, October 2003
• Winning Takes Care of Itself , Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, April 2004
• Jury Empowerment: Cross-Examination - Going beyond the Ten Commandments, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, Fall 2005
• Some Differences Between State and Federal Court, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, Fall 2006
• The Opening Statement:  A Process and a Result, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, Fall 2007
• The Stuff of Good Jury Trial Lawyers, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, Fall 2008 
• Trial Strategies and Evidence, Part I, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, Fall 2009
• Trial Strategies and Evidence, Part II, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, Winter 2010
• A Different Measure of Damages:  Qualitative v. Quantitative, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, Fall 2010