Texas license and practice

Hartley Hampton is admitted to practice law in Texas and is Eligible to Practice in Texas (State Bar of Texas #08874400). Verify the current individual Bar record at State Bar of Texas record before hiring an attorney.

Hartley Hampton is a founding partner of Hampton & King in Houston, where he has practiced medical malpractice law for more than 45 years, representing individuals injured due to medical malpractice, with a focus on birth injury cases. He earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and was admitted to practice in Texas in 1977. He has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers list from 2003 to 2025 and to Best Lawyers in America in medical malpractice from 2008 to 2025, and was named Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year in 2015 and 2024. He holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is a past president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the Houston Trial Lawyers Association and a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Matters this legal field covers

Medical malpractice legal work may cover birth injuries, surgical errors, misdiagnosis, medication errors and related medical negligence claims.

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