Clay Jenkins is a 5th
generation Ellis County resident.
He attended public schools in Waxahachie and is a 1982
graduate of Waxahachie High School.
He continued his education at Baylor University and
obtained a legal degree from Baylor School of Law in
1987.
He served as briefing attorney to the late Hon. Oscar H.
Mauzy, Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court, from 1988
to 1989.
In 1989, he returned home to work with his father,
Warwick H. Jenkins, who founded the firm in 1948 and
practiced until his death in 2001.
Clay began his practice as a general practice attorney
handling all types of trial matters.
For the last ten years, his practice has
been limited to plaintiff’s personal injury.
Mr. Jenkins is the 2008-2009 President-elect of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association and the President of the Dallas Democratic
Lawyers' Association and a member of the Dallas County Bar
Association, the State Bar of Texas, The College of The
State Bar of Texas, The Pro Bono College of The State
Bar of Texas, the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the
Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America, the United States Supreme
Court Historical Society, and the Texas Supreme Court
Historical Society.
He is listed in Martindale Hubbell’s Registry of
Preeminent Attorneys, the highest honor the Martindale
Hubbell ranking service bestows on an attorney.
He is also listed in Who’s Who in Practicing Attorneys.
He is a member of the Brain Injury Association of Texas.
He formerly served as a member of the ATLA, Traumatic
Brain Injury Litigation Group.
He is a former member of the Board of the Texas Legal
Services for the Poor, and the Texas Trial Lawyers
Association.
In 1994, he served as Chairman of the Board of Advocates
for the Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.
In 2004, he was named “most successful plaintiff’s
attorney” in a poll of the Ellis County Bar and in an
article in the Texas Lawyer newspaper.
Avvo.com, an independent
site that ranks lawyers gave Mr. Jenkins a perfect 10/10
ranking.
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He, his wife, Chrissy, and their daughter, Madeleine,
live in Dallas and Waxahachie.
516 W. Main Street
Waxahachie, Texas 75165
Office: (972) 938-1234
Fax: (972) 938-1234