With experience in more than 100 federal and state court cases and over $150 million recovered for his clients, William R. Clayton is a personal injury attorney with Clayton Trial Lawyers PL. He represents clients in South Florida and is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and in Business Litigation and Civil Trial Law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization. An attorney with an Avvo “Superb” rating, for his high ethical standards and long list of successful results, he holds the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell.

Admitted to practice in Washington, D.C., New York, Nevada and Florida, Mr. Clayton is also admitted before many federal courts in New York, Florida, South Dakota and Nevada and before the Supreme Court of the United States. He is admitted before the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

Mr. Clayton attended Northwestern University, where he graduated with distinction and a Bachelor of Science. At Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, he earned his Juris Doctor and has been practicing law for almost four decades. Named a Legal Elite in Employment Law by Florida Trend magazine, he is also one of the Best Lawyers in America for several types of litigation.

A member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, he is actively involved in a long list of professional organizations. These include the Litigation Counsel of America, the Broward County Bar Association, the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, the Florida Bar, the American Judicature Society and the American Inns of Court.

* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.