Clay Miller
Clay Miller
Partner Attorney
Clay is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Clay has practiced solely in the field of catastrophic injury and wrongful death since graduating from law school. His practice has been limited to the representation of victims.
Over the past twenty-four years, Clay has successfully settled or tried to verdict cases in the areas of:
- vehicular negligence
- medical malpractice
- construction site accidents
- workplace injury
- premises liability
- commercial trucking
- Nationwide business loss case (suits filed in a dozen different states) involving defective truck engines sold to trucking companies.
Clay represented dozens of trucking companies in lost profit and diminished value claims against Caterpillar in 2010 through 2012. These cases were filed in over a dozen states with the bellwhether trial set in Federal Court in Davenport, Iowa. After intense litigation and trial preparation, a global confidential settlement was reached for all the clients.
Clay's most recent 2017 victories are a $30,800,000 jury verdict in Tennessee arising from fraud claims in the sale of heavy-duty truck engines and a $26,500,000 jury verdict in a construction accident, obtained within 60 days of each other.
Clay was raised in Lewisville, Texas and completed his undergraduate degree in Finance at
Texas A & M University. Following graduation from Southern Methodist University School of law, Clay worked for two Dallas firms representing victims. In 1998, Clay began his own practice before forming his current partnership. In addition to his law practice, Clay has lectured at seminars and published in the areas of construction accidents, jury selection techniques, medical negligence, trucking accidents and settlement tactics.
He is active in local and statewide trial lawyers' associations including serving as the Chair of the Advocates for the Texas Trial Lawyers' Association in 2002 and remains on the Board of Directors. Clay served as President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association from 2008-2009. He has also been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) since 2014.
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law - Dallas, Texas
- Texas A&M University - Finance - College Station, Texas
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- New Mexico
- Colorado
Areas of Practice
- Catastrophic Injury
- Construction/Worksite Accidents
- Car Accidents
- 18-Wheeler Accidents
- Commercial Vehicle Accidents
- General Negligence
- Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties
- Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Lectures Presented
- Taking and Using Depositions
- Medical Negligence
- Trucking Accidents & Settlement Techniques
- Construction Accidents & Voir Tips and Techniques
- Jury Selection Techniques
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Chair, Advocates - 2002
- Dallas Trial Lawyers’ Association
President, - 2008-2009
- American Association of Justice
- State Bar of Texas - Member
- ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates)
Honors & Awards
- US NEWS | Best Lawyers®
2023: Personal Injury Litigation - Lawyer of the Year
2022: Personal Injury Litigation
2021: Personal Injury Litigation
2020: Personal Injury Litigation
2019: Personal Injury Litigation
2018: Personal Injury Litigation
2017: Personal Injury Litigation - D Magazine
- Texas Super Lawyers
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Dallas, Texas
2007-2009; 2012-2023 - Forbes
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