Our Albuquerque office welcomes Clay Wilwol as a new associate.
Clay's practice focuses on criminal defense and, civil rights, and Indian law. Before joining Rothstein Donatelli, Clay spent two years serving as judicial law clerk, first to the Honorable Zachary A. Ives of the New Mexico Court of Appeals (2022-23), and then to the Honorable James O. Browning of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (2023-24). In these roles, Clay researched and drafted dozens of opinions on a wide range of civil and criminal law at both trial and appellate levels.
Clay was born and raised in Santa Fe. He has a B.A. from Reed College and an M.Phil, with distinction, from the University of Cambridge. He earned his law degree, summa cum laude, from the University of New Mexico School of Law. During law school, Clay served on the New Mexico Law Review, received clinical honors for his advocacy in the Community Lawyering Clinic, published an academic article on criminal evidence law, and received various awards for legal writing and academic achievement.
For more information on Clay, please check out his attorney profile.