Clancy is a seasoned litigator with experience defending significant lawsuits in multidistrict litigation as well as individual cases pending in state and federal courts across the country. He has served on multiple trial teams that have obtained defense verdicts and been awarded summary judgment in venues across the country. Clancy has experience managing all phases of litigation from initial risk assessment through trial, including leading e-discovery and working within budgets, counseling clients on various litigation risks, deposing fact and expert witnesses, drafting and arguing dispositive motions in federal court, mounting successful Daubert / Frye challenges to opposing experts, conducting effective direct and cross-examinations at trial and delivering powerful closing arguments, and leading settlement negotiations.
Clancy focuses the majority of his litigation practice on representing major pharmaceutical companies in complex product liability and mass tort litigation, and also has experience in other complex civil litigation, including shareholder disputes, business arbitrations, breach of contract/warranty disputes, government enforcement actions, white-collar criminal defense, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other government investigations.
In addition, Clancy is committed to pro bono work. He leads the firm’s relationship with Veterans Legal Services and has represented victims of domestic violence.
While in law school, Clancy worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Susan Garsh of the Superior Court of Massachusetts.
