J. Clayton Athey
Director

J. Clayton Athey is a director in the firm's Wilmington office practicing in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation and Delaware corporate law.

Mr. Athey is admitted to practice in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is a member of the Delaware, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.

Mr. Athey graduated from the University of Delaware in 1995 with a B.A. in Political Science and History and received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2000. While at Georgetown he was an Articles and Notes Editor for the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics and published a note entitled The Ethics of Attorney Web Sites: Updating the Model Rules to Better Deal with Emerging Technologies, 13 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 499 (2000).

Practice Areas

• Corporate Litigation
• General Litigation:
  • Commercial and Contract Disputes
  • Intellectual Property & Patent Litigation

Professional and Community Activities

• Member, Sections of Corporation Law, Litigation, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, Section of Business Law, American Bar Association
• Member, Nominating Committee, Delaware State Bar Association
• Corporation Law Section Liaison, Technology Committee, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court
• Member, Board of Directors, Edgemoor Community Center, Wilmington, Delaware
• Member, Board of Directors, Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Hartford, Connecticut

Bar Admissions

• Delaware
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• United States District Court for the District of Delaware

Publications

• The Ethics of Attorney Web Sites: Updating the Model Rules to Better Deal with Emerging Technologies, 13 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 499 (2000).

Education

• University of Delaware  (B.A., 1995, Honors Program)
• Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2000)