Mr Robert Burness Clayton
Law Offices of Robert B Clayton
Experience:
37 years
Mr Robert Burness Clayton | Attorney
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About Robert
Robert Clayton has successfully represented clients in catastrophic personal injury actions in both state and federal court. His practice areas include serious personal injury, wrongful death, sexual abuse, products liability, motorcycle and motor vehicle accidents, scalding/burns, assault and battery of customers by security guards, and premises liability actions involving dangerous conditions on public and private property.
Some of the verdicts and settlements that Robert has obtained include: $4.5 million for a 65-year old man that was left paralyzed as a result of a defective product; $3.5 million from a trucking company and the State of California for the wrongful death of a motorcyclist after an intersection accident; $2.1 million for the wrongful death of a 79-year old woman who died after being scalded in her apartment; $1.5 million for the wrongful death of a single, undocumented adult male who fell to his death at a condominium and whose parents lived in Mexico; $1 million for the wrongful death of a single, adult male assaulted by a security guard and who was only survived by his elderly mother; $870,000 for an undocumented construction worker who sustained a serious head injury when he fell from a defective ladder; and $750,000 for a 13-year old boy who was sexually assaulted by a priest.
For four consecutive years (2006-2009), Robert has been recognized by his peers as one of the top lawyers under the age of forty in Southern California as listed on the Rising Stars list by Southern California Super Lawyers. This distinct honor is only bestowed on 2.5% of practicing attorneys.
Robert is a graduate of
Robert spent the first six years of his legal career working for insurance defense firms. This experience has proven invaluable to his clients because Robert uses his in-depth, behind-the-scenes understanding of how insurance companies evaluate personal injury claims to the great benefit of his injured clients.
Robert is a member of the State Bar of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), Consumer Attorneys Organization of California (CAOC), the American Association for Justice (AAJ), and the American Bar Association.
Admission
California
1989
Education
University of Michigan Law School