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Clayton S. Friedman
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Career
Clayton Friedman, co-leader of Troutman Pepper’s national State Attorneys General practice, brings decades of experience crafting effective strategies to help deter or mitigate the risk of enforcement actions and litigation. Frequently sought out by companies operating within industries that are subject to heightened governmental regulations and enforcement actions, Clay provides his clients with a valuable understanding of how to approach enforcement actions, as well as how to avoid them.
Informed by nearly a decade in a state attorneys general office and nearly 30 years in private practice, Clay spends much of his time representing clients in singular or multistate regulatory actions. Clay has repeatedly led teams before all 50 state attorneys general, and also handles matters with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and other local, state and federal agencies. His work focuses on matters involving advertising, marketing, consumer finance, privacy, and other regulatory issues. Clay also provides clients with day-to-day advice on consumer protection regulatory issues, which is informed by his frequent attendance at attorneys general association meetings.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > State attorneys general
(Leading Individuals)Troutman Pepper offers decades of experience in navigating state attorneys general relationships, representing an array of clients across key industry sectors including financial services, telecoms, tech, healthcare, and tobacco in investigations and enforcement actions. Regulatory interest in advertising and marketing practices, privacy and data security, consumer lending, product safety, and environmental protection count among the team’s range of expertise. The practice is led by Richmond-based Ashley Taylor, a regulatory and enforcement specialist with a focus on consumer protection, marketing and advertising representations, statutory disclosures, unfair or deceptive acts, and data security, alongside Orange County’s Clayton Friedman, who represents companies in highly regulated industries in matters involving advertising, marketing, consumer finance, and privacy, and Stephen Piepgrass, also in Richmond, who is particularly sought after for investigations and litigation. In Orange County, Michael Yaghi draws on extensive litigation experience in supporting on regulatory enforcement and investigations into advertising and sales practices, and consumer protection issues, while Richmond’s Ryan Strasser represents and counsels c-suite executives and inhouse counsel at Fortune 500 companies facing regulatory investigations. Former Virginia attorney general Judith Jagdmann, who joined the Richmond office in April 2023 from the Virginia State Corporation Commission, is well-versed in multistate enforcement actions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading Individuals United States > Government > State attorneys general
- State attorneys general United States > Government
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Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning