Wilkinson Stekloff is pleased to announce Clayton Wiggins has joined the firm as an Associate in the Washington, D.C., office. Clayton most recently served as a prosecutor and appellate counsel in the United States Marine Corps.  As a prosecutor, Clayton tried four contested criminal cases before juries and was lead counsel on ten felony-level guilty pleas. As an appellate counsel, he briefed and argued multiple cases before the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.   Clayton was named the Department of the Navy’s Military Justice Officer of the Year for 2021. Prior to law school, Clayton deployed for seven months with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in support of military exercises and contingency operations in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School and B.S., B.A. cum laude, and M.A. from the University of Tennessee.