Robert M. Clay

Background

Bob is Of Counsel to Young Moore and Henderson. His practice focuses primarily in medical malpractice defense, but Bob also handles complex litigation in administrative law before professional regulatory boards, liability insurance coverage disputes, products liability, contracts, employment law, and municipal corporations litigation.

Bob is the “go to” guy for medical professionals, having represented most hospitals in Eastern North Carolina and having defended healthcare professionals in almost every medical specialty. Bob has tried cases in most of the Superior Courts of North Carolina and the United States District Courts in North Carolina. He has appeared in the North Carolina Supreme Court, the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for more than 70 reported decisions, and he is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Bob has an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Bob received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is an enthusiastic supporter of the UNC athletic programs. He is an avid power boater and fisherman. He is married, with two adult children.

Practice Areas

• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Administrative Law
• Licensing Boards and Commissions
• Product Liability
• Insurance Coverage Analysis and Litigation/Bad Faith Litigation

Education & Bar Admissions

• J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 1961
• A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1959

Admitted in

• North Carolina, 1961
• U.S. District Courts for North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Awards & Achievements

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America™ since 1983
• Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers™, 2006-2011, Business Edition, 2011

Professional & Civic Activity

• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association Health Law Council: Co-chair of Legislative Committee; CLE lecturer: Civil Procedure; Products Liability; Evidence; Insurance Coverage; Medical Malpractice; Committee on the Administration of Justice Past Chairman: Subcommittee for Merit Selection of Judges Past Chairman
• Wake County Bar Association, Board of Directors, Past Member
• North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• International Association of Insurance Counsel
• Past Member, North Carolina General Statutes Commission
• Past Member, North Carolina Commission for the Administration of Justice

Publications & Presentations

• Lecturer to medical groups, insurance risk management groups and legal groups on a wide variety of subjects, including medical negligence litigation, products liability, the rules of civil procedure, the code of evidence, insurance coverage, risk management, and recent changes in the law and recent decisions of the Courts.
• Author, book chapters, “Anatomy of a Lawsuit” and “Matters Before the Medical Board,” in the text Medical Malpractice – How to Prevent and Survive a Suit, 2005.

Milestones

A list of 44 cases tried since 1989 is available upon request, as is a listing of the 70 cases appealed in which Bob has appeared as counsel.

Disclaimer: The above information may not necessarily reflect the attorney’s entire record, and the outcome of any particular future matter cannot be predicated on the attorney’s or law firm’s past results.