Matthew L. Brinton

Matthew L. Brinton founded The Brinton Firm, P.C. in Los Angeles, California, after recognizing a serious gap in the legal system: tenants and residents injured by unsafe property conditions often had nowhere to turn, while landlords, property owners, management companies and insurance carriers had experienced legal teams protecting their interests. He established The Brinton Firm to level that playing field and provide focused plaintiff-side representation for people harmed in unsafe homes and rental properties.

Today, Mr. Brinton represents clients throughout Southern California in personal injury, premises liability, toxic exposure and tenant rights cases involving unsafe homes and buildings. Serving Los Angeles County, Orange County and surrounding Southern California communities, The Brinton Firm represents injury victims and tenants, never landlords or insurance companies. The firm also provides bilingual legal services in English and Spanish.

As lead attorney, Mr. Brinton focuses his practice on serious injuries and losses caused by landlord negligence, property owner negligence and dangerous property conditions. His cases include premises liability claims, toxic mold exposure, carbon monoxide poisoning and gas leaks, lead poisoning, asbestos exposure, apartment fires and explosions, burn injuries, building collapses and structural failures, negligent security, slip and fall injuries, severe pest infestations, unsafe living conditions and wrongful death.

Mr. Brinton also represents tenants in significant habitability and landlord-tenant matters involving uninhabitable rental properties, wrongful eviction, landlord harassment, unlawful retaliation, utility shutoffs and violations of tenant protection and rent stabilization laws.

His practice is particularly focused on cases in which unsafe housing conditions result in serious physical injury, illness, displacement, property loss or substantial financial harm. Mr. Brinton investigates the underlying property conditions, maintenance history, inspection records, code violations and actions of landlords and property managers to identify responsible parties and pursue compensation for his clients.

Under Mr. Brinton's leadership, The Brinton Firm has represented hundreds of tenants, residents and families harmed by unsafe rental properties and negligent property owners. His approach combines detailed investigation, strategic litigation and aggressive plaintiff-side advocacy with an understanding of the profound effect that unsafe housing can have on a client's health, family, finances and ability to remain safely housed.

Mr. Brinton is committed to holding landlords, property owners and management companies accountable when their failure to maintain safe and habitable properties causes serious harm. Whether a case involves a premises liability injury, toxic mold exposure, carbon monoxide poisoning, fire, structural failure, wrongful death or another dangerous property condition, he works to document the full extent of the client's losses and pursue the compensation and legal remedies available under California law.

Licensed to practice law in California since 2012, Mr. Brinton has developed a track record of achieving meaningful results for tenants and injury victims throughout Southern California. His results include an $85,000 settlement in 2017 for tenants who were wrongfully sued by their landlord and a $72,500 recovery in 2018 for clients facing an illegal eviction. His broader work reflects The Brinton Firm's continuing mission: protecting people harmed in their homes and holding negligent property owners accountable.