Clay M Barnes

Clay M Barnes

4.8
Rating: 8.0

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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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 21 - 25 of 29 reviews

Posted by Emily | June 10, 2015 | Personal Injury

Clay--Best Possible Advocate

Imagine meeting your spouse, five-year-old, and two-year-old at the hospital after receiving a call that they have been involved in a motor vehicle collision. Then imagine your five-year-old telling you that the minivan she was in rolled over-and-over again. Imagine your husband confirming her stor...y with tears in his eyes as he repeats, "I thought they were dead. I thought they were dead." That's the terrifying scene I walked into several years ago after the minivan my husband was driving was blindsided and T-boned by another driver. After leaving the hospital with a concussion and back pain, my husband was left to deal with the insurance company. Having never been in a serious car accident before and suffering the effects of a brain injury--fatigue, dizziness, brain fog--he was at the mercy of the insurance company whose main objective is to look out for their own interests. For two weeks we endured nothing but subterfuge and double-talk; we could never get a straight answer. Finally, a friend of ours, a lawyer himself, recommended Clay Barnes. Within twenty-four hours, Clay was sitting in our kitchen, listening to our predicament. From that moment on, Clay fielded all calls and correspondence; what a relief not to have to deal with the insurance company! Clay was knowledgable, experienced, and trustworthy. He walked us through the process of "making things right" for four-and-a-half years! While other lawyers may have settled for the paltry sum that the insurance company offered, Clay was willing to go the distance, even to a civil trial with a judge and jury. And he thoroughly prepared us for the courtroom which can be an intimidating and scary prospect. After the trial--where Clay fought for and won a substantial sum for us--we finally experienced vindication and closure. To our family, Clay has become a trusted adviser and friend; we met him during one of the most traumatic times of our lives, and he was able to bring comfort and clarity to a chaotic situation. We whole-heartedly recommend Clay--and we have--to anyone who finds themselves in circumstances similar to ours and needs a tough, fair, and determined advocate with years of legal experience.

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 Justin | May 29, 2015 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Clay Barnes is the Best There is!

Last month, Clay won my case, which was a huge success! Throughout the entire process Clay was my advocate, providing expert counsel and guidance—It’s clear that his decades of experience gives him a great advantage in the court room! From the beginning, Clay was completely engaged and I never felt l...ike other cases were more important. I always received his undivided attention and I never doubted that my best interests weren’t his top priority. If you are looking for a lawyer who has the institutional expertise, is personable with his clients, and won’t stop until you get justice, then Clay is your guy! I would give him six stars because he goes above and beyond anyone else. I will miss working with him as he’s become a good friend through this process.

Posted by Bernie | May 22, 2015 | Family

Great Lawyer......Great Person

Clay Barnes is an excellent attorney! He worked extremely hard to support my case. I felt that he was very intellectual, strategic and passionate. I could not have had anyone better representing me. He was always "over-prepared" for the any turn that might of happened in my case. I know that he a...lso was very understanding when working on my case and billed me fairly. He fought for me like I was one of his own family members. Not only did Clay support my domestic law case, he represented my son in a personal injury case and won with the maximum allowable settlement. Not only is he an expert in law....he's a great person. That's hard to find. He always wanted to make sure you were OK with how things were proceeding, and also to make sure the family felt good too. He is a great lawyer!

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Experience

Rating:  8.0 (Excellent)

Honors

2021

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2020

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2019

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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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