Ms. Kimberly Ross Clayson

Kimberly R. Clayson is a partner in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice group at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP in Southfield, Mich. She serves a diverse client portfolio in the areas of insolvency law, creditors’ rights, business law and health law. Ms. Clayson has experience advising clients on creditor rights in bankruptcy matters and bankruptcy-related litigation. She also advises financially distressed companies and nonprofit organizations in bankruptcy restructuring, out-of-court wind-ups and dissolutions. Ms. Clayson is experienced in bankruptcy-related financial investigations. Her bankruptcy litigation experience includes litigating nondischargeability actions to fiduciary duty claims and other contested matters. She presently serves as a subchapter V trustee in the Eastern District of Michigan, and frequently writes and speaks on bankruptcy topics related to business bankruptcies, subchapter V and health care compliance law. Ms. Clayson received her B.A. in international relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University with an emphasis in economics, and her J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, where she earned the 2004 Book Award for excellence in her writing and research course.