Clay Samford is a Special Counsel with Earthjustice’s Biodiversity Defense Program.

Prior to joining Earthjustice, Clay served for more than two decades in the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney and Assistant Section Chief.

Clay also teaches Administrative Law and Natural Resources Law as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Clay graduated from Cornell University and Stanford Law School. He clerked for Judge John C. Porfilio on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.