Taj Clayton is a litigation partner in the firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Clayton has successfully represented a variety of clients ranging from award-winning filmmakers to one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Mr. Clayton practices in both federal and state court, focusing on complex business, intellectual property, employment, and mass tort litigation.
His previous law experience includes a position as Principal in the Dallas office of another international firm and as Law Clerk to Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2005–2006). Prior to practicing law, Mr. Clayton began his career in sports in the Management Council of the National Football League (1999). Later, he worked as a consultant at ICG Commerce, an e-procurement consulting firm (2000–2002).
Mr. Clayton is active in his local community, serving on several nonprofit boards, including the Dallas Children’s Theater, Dallas Chamber Music Society, and Launchability. Mr. Clayton has also served on former President Barack Obama’s Texas Finance Committee and was a candidate to represent Texas’s 30th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mr. Clayton received his B.A., cum laude, in History from Harvard College in 1999, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2005, where he was General Editor for the Harvard Blackletter Law Journal and Journal on Legislation.
