Professionals

Gregory S. Clayton

Greg Clayton is a litigator who has practiced over twenty-five years. His trial practice extends throughout the state and federal courts in both New Hampshire and Vermont and is focused on insurance coverage, commercial litigation, personal injury, product liability, environmental liability and insurance coverage matters. Greg also serves as private and court-appointed mediator in both New Hampshire and Vermont, and has mediated over eighty cases.

Greg has been a guest lecturer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Arson Fraud Investigation Seminar, the Vermont Bar Association Insurance Law Committee, the New Hampshire Adjuster's Association and the Vermont Claims Seminar. Greg has been a member of the Vermont Bar Association's Professional Responsibility Committee since 1985 and serves on the Grafton County Superior Court Advisory Committee.

Greg received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1979, cum laude, with high honors in History. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1982, cum laude.

Areas of Practice:

Civil Litigation

Insurance Coverage

Insurance Claims Handling and Bad Faith

Product Liability

Environmental Litigation

FELA Litigation

Ethics and Professional Liability

Arbitration and Mediation

Bar Admissions:

Vermont

Maine

United States District Court, District of Vermont

New Hampshire

United States District Court, District of New Hampshire

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Education:

Georgetown University Law Center, 1982
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Dartmouth College, 1979
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude

Published Works:

Bifurcation of Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims in First-Party Insurance Litigation, Vermont Bar Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 1995)

One Slight Problem, Your Honor, Before We Begin: Responses to Spoliation of Evidence in NH, New Hampshire Bar Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1 (March 1997)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont Bar Associations
Member

National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Member