Clayton M. Anderson

Clayton M. Anderson is a Senior Partner of Anderson & Kriger, a professional law corporation, located in San Diego and Riverside Counties. He has represented Southern California homeowners in construction defect cases since 1982 and has been a practicing attorney since 1976. With more than 20 jury trials and numerous judge trials in his real estate, business and complex civil litigation career, Mr. Anderson has recovered millions of dollars for his clients.

He received his undergraduate degree in 1970 from the University of California at San Diego and his law degree in 1976 from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he participated on the Appellate Moot Court Board. He was also a writer of the Law Review in 1974, and the Law Review "Notes and Comments" editor in 1975-1976. Early in his career, Mr. Anderson had extensive courtroom experience in the field of civil litigation, practicing law in both state and federal courts. He has tried cases in San Diego County Municipal Court, Superior Court, and the Fourth District Court of Appeal, United States District Court, and the Bankruptcy Court.

Mr. Anderson, since 1987, has served as a Judge pro tempore for the El Cajon Municipal Small Claims Court. Prior to that he has been a judge for the University of San Diego Moot Court, an appointed arbitrator of the San Diego Municipal Court and Superior Court Arbitration Programs.

Besides an extensive background in writing on construction defect law, Mr. Anderson has taught and lectured in numerous forums, and continues to refine his skills as a litigator through participating in the San Diego Inns of Court and attending Continuing Education of the Bar litigation seminars. Since 1977 he has been a member of the San Diego County Bar Association. He is an active member of the Foothills Bar Association where he served as president in 1993. Clayton Anderson also belongs to the Southwest County Bar Association, the San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, and the Community Association Institute in both San Diego and Riverside counties.

Mr. Anderson is married and has two boys. He enjoys national and international travel, golf, tennis, gardening, and handball but most of all he is proud to be a part of several charitable organizations such as the La Mesa Kiwanis, San Diego Child Abuse Prevention Foundation, Board of Directors of the Davis/Grossmont YMCA, Voices for Children, and his active in Cub Pack 362 with his children.