David C. “Clay” Snell

Throughout his career, Clay Snell has represented plaintiffs and defendants in numerous jury trials and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the state, as well as complex arbitration proceedings. Clay’s practice is concentrated in the areas of personal injury litigation, commercial vehicle and 18-wheeler litigation, commercial litigation, construction litigation, consumer/insurance litigation, commercial landlord-tenant litigation, probate litigation, oil & gas litigation, and civil rights litigation. His clients include a large grocery chain, major auto dealerships, banks, commercial landlords and property management firms, and numerous other small and medium-sized businesses.

Clay is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and holds an A-V Preeminent rating in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, a nationally recognized legal directory. According to Martindale-Hubbell, the “A-V Preeminent' rating “shows that a lawyer has reached the height of professional excellence… and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.” Clay was also nominated by his peers as a “Best Lawyer in San Antonio” in Scene in SA Magazine in the areas of general litigation and plaintiff’s personal injury litigation.

Clay is a native San Antonian and graduated in the top five percent of his class at St. Mary’s University School of Law, where he served as Articles Editor for the St. Mary’s Law Journal and as a member of the Environmental Law Moot Court team.

Clay is licensed to practice law in Texas and New Mexico.

Clay is married and has three children. In addition to spending time with his family and practicing law, he is an avid endurance athlete and outdoorsman. He holds a sub 9-hour finish in the Leadville 100 mountain bike race in Colorado and has twice finished the Texas Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe race known as “The World’s Toughest Boat Race,” from San Marcos to Seadrift, Texas.

Education:

J.D., magna cum laude, St. Mary’s University School of Law, 1999

B.A., University of New Mexico, 1993.