Clay M Barnes

Clay M Barnes

4.8
Rating: 8.9

Licensed for 48 years

Personal injury Lawyer at Towson, MD
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Car Accidents, Slip and Fall Accident, Animal & Dog Bites

405 W Pennsylvania Ave, Towson, MD

About Clay

Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Personal Injury 45%

If you or a loved one has suffered because of someone else’s negligent or reckless conduct, I will fight for fair and full compensation for your injuries. I have experience in a wide array of personal injury cases. Let me help, call today.

45%
Car Accident 40%

Auto accidents, trucking accidents and pedestrian accidents may result in serious personal injuries for which you are entitled to compensation. Regardless of the circumstances of the injury, I will conduct a thorough investigation to fight for you.

40%
Slip and Fall Accident 10%

When a hazardous condition on property results in a slip and fall injury or other harm, the property owner may be held responsible. In any premises liability case, I review the facts and circumstances for evidence of the property owner’s negligence.

10%
Animal and Dog Bites 5%

Maryland law imposes upon businesses an obligation to protect the public from unsafe conditions on the business’s premises. If a business fails to exercise the legally required duty of care and you are injured as a result, call an Attorney.

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in Maryland for 48 years

State: Maryland

Acquired: 1977

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Location

Law Office of Clay M. Barnes, LLC

405 W Pennsylvania Ave, Towson, MD, 21204-4265

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Clay M Barnes's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

4.8 /5.0

29 Client Reviews

Showing 11 - 15 of 16 reviews | Recommendation

Posted by Roger | June 15, 2015 | Personal Injury

I feel my rights were well protected by Clay Barnes in dealing with corporate america

Clay Barnes represented me, and I'm glad he did. All State, the insurance company who represented the man who hit me, wanted to give me basically nothing for pain and suffering and future medical bills. Through Clay's diligence and hard work we recovered over 6 times their offer. He logged a lot o...f hours on my case keeping me updated on every aspect. His flexibility in meeting was greatly appreciated in that he would offer to meet in the evenings, weekends, or holidays to accommodate my work and family schedule. I would recommend him to a friend and feel their rights were well protected.

Posted by Amiee | June 02, 2015 | Lawsuits & Disputes

You'll be glad you hired Clay Barnes! He's Amazing!

Clay Barnes was an amazing lawyer to work with! From the beginning, I felt that he had my best interests in mind when moving the case forward. Every single step of the way, Clay was detail-oriented, sensitive to our needs, extremely knowledgeable of the court system and how that impacted our case, an...d honest. I always felt that Clay was advocating for us, even if that meant a smaller paycheck for him. If you’re looking for a great attorney who will successfully represent your case for an honest and fair price, Clay Barnes is the one to choose. Clay has the industry knowledge and ambitious attitude needed to give you the best results on your case. I give Clay a 10 out of 10 and because of how much I believe in his work, I’ve referred multiple friends’ cases to him also. You won’t be disappointed with his services, he definitely exceeded all of my expectations!

Posted by anonymous | May 29, 2015 | Lawsuits & Disputes

This might seem harsh.

Some background, I have seen two different young adults use this lawyer and personally used him under the guise he was well sold to me. These cases were in multiple areas of law. To begin, he charged an excessive price, and did nothing for me. He didn't even care to put worth to my case. He was... more worried about some other case in the same week that seemed of more value to him. He assigned an assistant and I ended up getting nothing more than I had on the table going in alone (after speaking to other lawyers ex post facto). On to the others disregarding details, they believed they had an open-shut case, managed to lose and now end up owing excessive legal fees for a drought out case (1 year+). They were also not happy at all with the results. Let's not forget this man is stuck in the stone age. Maybe he knew a lot of the folk in the courts a while ago, maybe he still does. But this man doesn't accept anything but checks. Young people today are growing up never needing a check book. This is 2015. Hello. Wouldn't recommend Wouldn't use again

Clay Barnes

Replied last May 29, 2015

I am taken aback by this post (“This might seem harsh” posted February, 2015). I have had no clients or cases that even remotely come close to the situations which are alleged here. If you are really a client of mine, please fully identify yourself and demonstrate that I really represented you, as well as the “two different young adults” to whom you refer. If and when you do so, we can discuss and attempt to resolve any issues that you believe need to be addressed, including any “excessive” fees that you claim you paid me. I am a sole practitioner, and I have never had “an assistant” handle a client’s case in thirty-eight years of practice. That said, it is unfortunate indeed that AVVO permits anonymous postings that allow false, unverified and even malicious information about an attorney to be disseminated on its website without the author being required to establish that the supposed “review” is really from a client of the lawyer, or has any truth to it. Good lawyers often make the opposite party in a case (or his or her lawyer) very unhappy and then that person would have a motive to retaliate by posting false information about the lawyer.

Posted by Joseph | December 08, 2014 | Litigation

One of the best lawyers in the entire state of Maryland!

Mr. Barnes represented me in a trial in Baltimore County, MD. In the litigation, he was up against two lawyers on the other side. He stood up to the judge in the case and beat back the other two lawyers so I wound up winning my case solely due to his ability, preparation, and trial tactics. I have us...ed other lawyers in the past and very aware of the Baltimore area legal community. I believe him to be one of the best trial lawyers in the area. You would be lucky to have him as a lawyer. He becomes so involved in your case that there were times that I believed he cared about it more than I did and I cared a lot. He would call me late at night to discuss my case to try to find anything that might gain an advantage for me. He's the best.

Posted by Barry | June 27, 2014 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Not Your Average Lawyer

I have engaged the services of many attorneys over the years but I have found Mr. Barnes to be quite exceptional. His attention to detail and the unwavering commitment he makes to his clients is comforting and refreshing. ..he is not your average lawyer! Mr. Barnes worked hard on my case and demand...ed the same commitment from me. He is an Attorney that does not back down from the opposition nor will he kowtow in order to secure a fast settlement. I believe that Mr. Barnes’s integrity, knowledge of the law and his sheer grit sets him apart from the rest. For me the search for legal representation is over. I highly recommend Mr. Barnes and I thank him for coming to my aid!

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Experience

Rating:  8.9 (Excellent)

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Associations

1977 - Present

Baltimore County Bar Foundation

Member

Maryland State Bar Association

Education

1977

University of Baltimore School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1973

Towson University

BS - Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2018

Maryland Association for Justice

Presentation Regarding Non-Economic Damages

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