Hogan Lovells US LLP

Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment

Senior Associate

Jim Clayton devotes his passion for the law to assisting clients. His clients in the transportation, medical devices, and education industries rely on him to digest and capitalize on the nuances of the law in ways that advance their position in complex litigation before federal and state courts.

Jim has counseled clients and helped craft effective strategies and solutions for class action, products liability, fraud, consumer protection and disclosure, mass torts, warranty, and contract litigation.

Jim's enthusiasm for the law also drives his active pro bono practice, which focuses on reducing the prevalence of executions and gun violence in our community. He has co-authored multiple appellate, amicus briefs on post-conviction review of death penalty sentences and on the contours of the Second Amendment in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent jurisprudence.

Jim clerked for the Honorable Gilbert Merritt with the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Nashville. While in law school at Vanderbilt University, Jim worked as a summer associate at Hogan Lovells and was Articles Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.

J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, Order of the Coif, 2011

B.A., Williams College, with honors, 2008