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WASHINGTON DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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James W. Clayton
Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Jim Clayton devotes his passion for the law to assisting clients. His clients in the transportation, medical devices, and education industries rely on him to digest and capitalize on the nuances of the law in ways that advance their position in complex litigation before federal and state courts.
Jim has counseled clients and helped craft effective strategies and solutions for class action, products liability, fraud, consumer protection and disclosure, mass torts, warranty, and contract litigation.
Jim’s enthusiasm for the law also drives his active pro bono practice, which focuses on reducing the prevalence of executions and gun violence in our community. He has co-authored multiple appellate, amicus briefs on post-conviction review of death penalty sentences and on the contours of the Second Amendment in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent jurisprudence.
Jim clerked for the Honorable Gilbert Merritt with the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Nashville. While in law school at Vanderbilt University, Jim worked as a summer associate at Hogan Lovells and was Articles Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.
Education
J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, Order of the Coif, 2011
B.A., Williams College, with honors, 2008
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- International Trade > CFIUS
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)