Clay Hinds

Clay Hinds is a Waxahachie, Texas, trial attorney whose practice places particular emphasis on serious personal injury claims. He also handles civil litigation, commercial disputes, probate, guardianship and adoption, and criminal defense matters. His experience extends across cases involving both individuals and business interests. Having practiced in Texas since 1988, Clay has litigated a wide variety of matters rather than limiting his work to a single category of disputes. His background includes trial proceedings and negotiated resolutions.

Clay earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Southern Methodist University in 1985 after attending Waxahachie High School. He then received his Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio in 1988. He was licensed to practice law in Texas on November 5, 1988. His psychology education and subsequent legal training form part of a career centered on evaluating disputed facts, working with clients facing difficult circumstances, and presenting cases in court.

Clay has handled personal injury cases, industrial accidents, construction-site injuries, and wrongful death claims. His experience also includes workers’ compensation cases, nonsubscriber workplace injury claims, breach of contract disputes, construction matters, land-boundary disagreements, mechanic’s lien enforcement, divorce proceedings, and criminal cases. He has participated as an attorney in several multimillion-dollar personal injury and commercial matters. He has also taken part in many mediations as a party representative and has served as a mediator in a smaller number of cases.

Clay Hinds belongs to the Ellis County Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. His professional activities also include long-standing membership in the American Association for Justice. He has practiced in counties throughout Texas while maintaining longstanding ties to Waxahachie, where he has lived since 1971. His experience with courtroom disputes and mediation gives clients a range of approaches for addressing serious injury claims, contested business matters, and other cases that require negotiation or litigation.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Clay Hinds, Attorney at Law
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, Ellis County Bar Association

Licensed State

• Texas

Education

• St. Mary’s University of San Antonio
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Southern Methodist University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology

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