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About Clay Jenkins
Clay Lewis Jenkins, Esq. is the leader of Loncar Lyon Jenkins, a personal injury law firm operating across Texas. He has more than 25 years of experience in personal injury law, having achieved significant victories alongside Brian Loncar throughout his career. His leadership style is grounded in empathy and justice, with an approach rooted in the Golden Rule.
Jenkins has held key leadership roles in the Texas plaintiffs' bar, including Chairman of the Board of Advocates of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. He was nominated for The Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year by Senator Leticia Van de Putte for his humanitarian work with undocumented minors at the Texas border, and received the Luz Award from the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association in recognition of his significant impact on the Latino community.
Early in his career, Jenkins clerked for the Texas Supreme Court. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has been admitted to practice in Texas since 1989.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Loncar Lyon Jenkins
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A Kaufman County jury awarded $296 million in compensatory damages against Koch Industries after a corroded, unmaintained butane pipeline exploded and killed two teenagers on August 24, 1996.
A Dallas jury awarded $84.25 million in 2008 after a 26-foot U-Haul truck with a failed parking brake rolled over Talmadge Waldrip, leaving him bedridden and requiring round-the-clock care.
A Dallas County jury awarded $51 million in August 2024 to a South Dallas mother and her two young children after a corroded boiler exhaust pipe at their apartment complex channeled carbon monoxide into their home in 2015, leaving both children with irreversible brain injuries.
A Texas county court at law jury found a design defect in the handling of a 1996 Ford Explorer that rolled over after a rear tire lost its tread in July 2003, killing Diane Wiles. The jury put one-third of the responsibility on Ford, one-third on the driver and one-third on Ms. Wiles, and the court entered a judgment of $7,370,197.16 in actual damages. The Dallas Court of Appeals reversed in 2011 for lack of evidence of a safer alternative design.
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