Gregory S. Clayton

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106 Main Street
Littleton, New Hampshire 03561
Phone: (603) 444-4008
Fax: (603) 444-6040
Email: gclayton@primmer.com


Greg Clayton is a litigator who has practiced over 27 years. His trial practice extends throughout the state and federal courts in both New Hampshire and Vermont and is focused on commercial litigation, personal injury, product liability, environmental liability, timber trespass, real estate litigation and insurance coverage matters. Greg is a court-appointed mediator for the federal and state courts of New Hampshire and Vermont, and has mediated well over 100 cases. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Areas of Practice:

  • Civil Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Insurance Claims Handling and Bad Faith
  • Product Liability
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Timber Trespass
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • FELA Litigation
  • Ethics and Professional Liability
  • Arbitration and Mediation
Bar Admissions:

  • Vermont
  • New Hampshire
  • Maine
Court Admissions:

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Education:

  • Georgetown University Law Center, 1982 (J.D.) Honors: cum laude
  • Dartmouth College, 1979 (B.A.) Honors: cum laude, High Honors in History, Jones History Prize
Published Works:

  • Bifurcation of Breach of Contract and Bad Faith Claims in First-Party Insurance Litigation, Vermont Bar Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 1995) (cited in Light v. Allstate Ins. Co., 203 W.Va. 27, 506 S.E.2d 64 (W.Va. 1998))
  • One Slight Problem, Your Honor, Before We Begin: Responses to Spoliation of Evidence in NH, New Hampshire Bar Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1 (March 1997)
Representative Cases:

  • Nicolaou v. Vermont Mutual Ins. Co., 155 N.H. 724, 931 A.2d 1265 (N.H. 2007)
  • Town of Stowe v. Stowe Theatre Guild, 180 Vt. 165, 908 A.2d 447, 2006 Vt. 79 (Vt. 2006)
  • McKinnon v. Harris, 2005 WL 2333530 (D.N.H. 2005)
  • Berliner v. Clukay, 150 N.H. 80, 834 A.2d 297 (N.H. 2003)
  • Vautour v. Bodymasters Sports Industries, 147 N.H. 150, 784 A.2d 1178 (N.H. 2001)
  • Lebroke v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Co., 146 N.H. 249, 769 A.2d 39 (N.H. 2001)
  • Austin v. Hanover Ins. Co., 165 F.3d 13 (2d. Cir. 1998), cert. denied, 527 U.S. 1004, 119 S.Ct. 2339, 144 L.Ed.2d 237 (1999)
  • Allstate Ins. Co. v. Crouch, 140 N.H. 329, 666 A.2d 964 (N.H.1995)
  • Boissoneault v. Bristol Federated Church, 138 N.H. 476, 642 A.2d 328 (N.H. 1994)
  • Smith v. Morbark Industries, Inc., 733 F.Supp. 484 (D.N.H. 1990)
  • State v. DeLaBruere, 154 Vt. 237, 577 A.2d 254 (Vt. 1990)
  • Dingemans v. Board of Bar Examiners, 152 Vt. 494, 568 A.2d 354 (Vt. 1989)
  • In re Crushed Rock, 150 Vt. 613, 557 A.2d 84 (Vt. 1988)
Classes/Seminars/Speaking Engagements:

  • Guest lecturer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Arson Fraud Investigation Seminar, the Vermont Bar Association Insurance Law Committee, the New Hampshire Adjusters Association and the Vermont Claims Seminar
Honors and Awards:

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV peer review rated
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • New England Super Lawyers (Business Litigation)
Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Vermont Bar Association
  • New Hampshire Bar Association
  • Maine Bar Association
  • National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Pro bono activities:

  • Co-Founder: Friends of Jewett Pond