Professional Experience

At WCM, Clayton:

• handles a variety of general liability, products liability and toxic torts claims;
• represents municipalities in federal civil rights, 1983 and employment cases; and
• litigates marine cargo and personal injury (navigable waters) maritime claims.

Before joining WCM, Clayton was an equity partner at a national insurance law and insurance defense firm.  Clayton has also been the principal of his own law firm.  He is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell.

Clayton is a former service member of the United States Air Force.

Education

• J.D., University of Pennsylvania
• B.S., Villanova University

Professional Activities

Clayton is a former Executive Committee Member of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel and a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.  He regularly serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the  Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and serves as an Arbitrator for the Federal District Court (EDPA) and Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.  He is a member of the Board of Managers of the Penn Law Alumni Society.

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Western District of Pennsylvania
• US Supreme Court
• Third Circuit

Honors and Distinctions

Clayton is a cum laude graduate of Villanova University.