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C. Carter Clay

C. Carter Clay

Birmingham, ALAdmitted 1999
Car AccidentsProduct LiabilityTruck AccidentsMedical MalpracticeWrongful Death

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.

Notable case results

$3.5 millionVerdict

Medical malpractice jury verdict, Dallas County (wrongful death of minor)

$3 millionVerdict

Jury verdict, Madison County, motor vehicle accident (largest that year in county)

$2.5 millionVerdict

Jury verdict, Montgomery County, motor vehicle accident (with Craig Shirley)

$1.6 millionVerdict

Defective product verdict, Mobile County

$1.45 millionVerdict

Jury verdict, Leon County, Florida, motor vehicle accident

$1 millionVerdict

Jury verdict, Jefferson County, motor vehicle accident caused by drunk driver (with Michael Eldridge)

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Product Liability
Truck Accidents
Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

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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