Brett C. Eaton

Brett C. Eaton is a partner at YLAW, P.C. in Albuquerque and an experienced civil litigator. His defense practice includes trucking and transportation, catastrophic personal injury, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, civil rights, insurance coverage, and bad faith matters. He represents clients in disputes where liability, expert evidence, damages, regulatory issues, and insurance obligations can overlap, bringing experience from private defense practice and federal government litigation to case strategy and courtroom preparation.

Brett attended the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he was a member of the New Mexico Law Review. His legal training, together with later litigation work in private practice and federal service, supports a practice that requires close analysis of complex records, technical evidence, constitutional questions, insurance issues, and procedural requirements in civil cases.

Brett has worked for private defense firms and served as an Assistant US Attorney for the District of New Mexico. Those roles gave him experience representing private and government clients in significant litigation and handling matters with public-law and civil-rights dimensions. His current cases span transportation, serious injury, medical malpractice, premises, product liability, insurance coverage, and bad faith disputes, allowing him to apply federal and private-practice perspectives to defense strategy.

Brett C. Eaton received the New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award in 2019. His practice combines broad civil defense experience with prior federal service and work across multiple high-exposure litigation areas. He helps clients evaluate claims, organize evidence, address coverage and liability questions, and prepare for negotiation or trial. His background is especially relevant in matters involving complex injuries, government liability, insurance disputes, and transportation-related claims.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Ylaw, P.C.
• Member, State Bar of New Mexico

Licensed State

• New Mexico

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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