Clay Leland
Office of Secretary of State
Clay Leland is an attorney for the Office of the Montana Secretary of State, Christi Jacobsen. Clay previously was a Deputy County Attorney in Ravalli County handling Civil Litigation matters and serving as Civil Counsel. Clay has served as a law clerk at the United States Senate for Senator Ron Johnson on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and at The White House in the Office of White House Counsel. He is licensed to practice law in Federal and State courts.
Clay graduated cum laude from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Idaho College of Law, where he was a two-year member of the National Moot Court Team. Clay competed and received awards in Moot Court Competitions in Boise (University of Idaho), Las Vegas (UNLV - Hon. Lloyd D. George Regional Competition), and New York City (St. John’s University - Duberstein National Competition).
Clay was awarded Best Brief and Best Overall Advocate Runner-Up in the McNichols Moot Court Competition. He was also recognized for Outstanding Achievement at the 26th Annual Duberstein Bankruptcy National Moot Court Competition, which is widely seen as one of the Nation’s preeminent competitions where competitors argue leading bankruptcy issues that are likely to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Clay served in leadership positions with The Federalist Society (Chapter President), the Trial Lawyers Association (Student Vice President), the American Bar Association (National Law Student Division Liaison), and the American Bankruptcy Institute (Member).
