Clayton E. Bunting

Clayton E. Bunting is Of Counsel at Morris James in Georgetown, Delaware, with a practice focused on personal injury. He represents people injured in automobile accidents and handles plaintiffs’ matters involving workers’ compensation, insurance, and premises liability. His work can involve insurance issues, assessment of injuries, and proceedings in Delaware trial courts. He also has experience with mediation and arbitration, giving clients several ways to approach the resolution of injury disputes.

Bunting received a B.S. from the University of Richmond School of Business Administration in 1972 and a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1976. He was an honor graduate of Fort Union Military Academy. Admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1976, he has built his practice around representing injured people and handling disputes in court and alternative proceedings. His business and legal education supports evaluation of claims involving financial and insurance issues.

Bunting’s representative work includes litigation in the Delaware Superior Court and Court of Common Pleas, claims before the Delaware Industrial Accident Board, and mediation and arbitration hearings. He is a certified mediator through the Delaware Superior Court. These experiences are relevant to workplace injury claims, automobile cases, and disputes over responsibility or insurance recovery. He helps clients assess legal options while navigating the specific forums in which a claim may be heard.

Bunting has been recognized by Delaware Today and the American Trial Lawyers Association. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Delaware Trial Lawyers Association and participated in state bar and legal organizations. His past community leadership includes the Georgetown/Millsboro Rotary Club and the Delaware Community Foundation. Clayton E. Bunting combines personal injury litigation experience with an understanding of negotiated and alternative dispute resolution procedures for injured clients.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Morris James LLP
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Board of Governors and Former Sustaining Member, Delaware Trial Lawyers Association
• Sustaining Member, American Association for Justice
• Current Member, Terry-Carey Inn of Court
• Member, Delaware Supreme Court, Board on Unauthorized Practice of Law (1997)
• Member, Sussex County Bar Association
• Former Member and Past President, Georgetown/Millsboro Rotary Club
• Former Director, Delaware Community Foundation
• Former President, Sussex Pines Country Club, Inc.
• Former Advisory Board, Sussex Pregnancy Care Center
• Past Camp President and Cabinet Member and Lifetime Member, The Gideons International
• Former Chairman of Board of Elders, Peninsula Community Church (PCC)
• Legal Consultant, Kappa Alpha Order

Licensed State

• Delaware

Education

• University of Baltimore School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Richmond, School of Business Administration
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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