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About C. Carter Clay

C. Carter Clay was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1973. He graduated magna cum laude from The Citadel in 1995 with a B.S. in Business Administration, then spent a year as a legislative assistant to Congressman Tom Latham in Washington, D.C. He received his J.D. from Cumberland Law School at Samford University in 1999, earning the Scholar of Merit Award in Evidence, and was admitted to the Alabama bar that year. Clay has spent his entire career representing injured plaintiffs in civil litigation, focusing on truck and automobile accidents, defective products, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and medical device cases, industrial accidents, premises liability, and workers' compensation.

He was appointed in 2010 to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee in the re Hydroxycut MDL by a U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of California. Clay handles cases throughout the United States and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been selected for Mid-South Super Lawyers each year since 2012 and was recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in 2014.

Practice areas

Education

Cumberland Law School at Samford University
J.D., 1999
The Citadel
Undergraduate, 1995

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Alabama, admitted 1999

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