Clay McCaslin - Portland, OR

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Law Review: Tulane Law Review, Articles Editor, 1999 - 2001

• Non Legal Education

  • Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, 1995
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    Honors: Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
    Honors: English Department Award
    Major: English Literature
    Minor: Classical Guitar

Current Employment Position(s)

• Owner

• Attorney

• Principal

Past Positions

• Waters & Kraus, Associate Attorney, 2004 - 2005
• Carver Darden, LLC, Associate Attorney, 2003 - 2004
• Martzell & Bickford, APC, Associate Attorney, 2001 - 2003

Classes and Seminars

• Damages in Tort Cases, Multnomah Bar Association-Young Lawyers Section CLE, May 2010

Pro Bono Activities

• Member, Oregon State Bar Pro Bono Committee, 2005 - 2007
• Member, Oregon Trial Lawyers' Publications Committee, 2011 - Present

Representative Cases

• Corbello v. Iowa Production
  • Citation: 850 So. 2d 686
  • Court: La. Supreme Court
  • Year: 2003
  • Serial Number: 2003183510
• Waterhouse v. Frashour et al.
  • Citation: 3:2007cv0716
  • Court: D. Oregon
  • Year: 2009

Published Works

Articles

• “My Jailor is My Judge: Kestutis Zadvydas and the Indefinite Imprisonment of Permanent Resident Aliens by the INS,”, 75 Tulane Law Review 93 (2000) (Reprinted in 21 Immigration and Nationality Law Review 241 (2000)).
  
• “Video Camera Portrayed As Weapon, Framing a Police Case”, Trial Lawyer Magazine, Summer 2011 (The quarterly Journal of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association)
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 2001
• Louisiana, 2002
• Oregon, 2004
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 2005

Other Affiliations

• Oregon State Bar Association
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Texas State Bar Association
• Multnomah Bar Association
• American Association of Justice
• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association

Fraternities and Sororities

• Alpha Tau Omega