E. McCord Clayton has been named a shareholder at Bazelon Less & Feldman, P.C., according to Jeffrey A. Less, a founding shareholder. He notes, “Cord’s wide range of expertise in trial and appellate litigation has contributed to the firm’s success, including many successful appeals and large monetary settlements.”

Clayton practices in the areas of commercial and civil litigation, product liability, class action, media and appeals. Early in his career, he was involved in a trial for a very large product liability class action suit that proceeded to a jury verdict. Other significant product liability matters with which he was involved include Fen-Phen, for which he and his co-counsel obtained a substantial settlement for a group of objecting health insurers, as well as lawsuits involving prescription drugs and cell phones. Recently, he worked on a successful appeal in which the Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned a $13 million trial verdict against a bank in a mortgage satisfaction case. In the intellectual property area, Clayton has handled litigation involving software licensing and copyright infringement as well as patent suits relating to laser and manufacturing technologies. He has also represented a major Philadelphia daily newspaper and two cable television broadcasters in several lawsuits involving claims for defamation and invasion of privacy.

A resident of center city Philadelphia, Clayton earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990 cum laude, with a Distinction in English, and Master of Arts degree in 1990, both from the University of Pennsylvania. Clayton received his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1995, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and writing and research editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems from 1993 to 1995. He clerked for the Hon. Joseph E. Irenas of the District of New Jersey before starting his career in private practice. Clayton was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania in 1995 and in New Jersey in 1996.

March 31, 2006