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Clayton P. Graham

Partner

Co-chair, Real Property Practice Group

T 206.757.8052 Seattle
My favorite part about being a "dirt lawyer" is that no two projects are alike: Every one presents unique challenges, as well as opportunities.
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Clayton Graham helps clients buy, develop, and sell real estate, as well as navigate land development issues of all types. His projects range from large infrastructure and essential public facility projects to single-site developments, including mixed-use projects, distribution facilities, datacenters, and other industrial uses. Clayton has assisted clients on significant, high-profile, and contested development projects in the Puget Sound region and beyond. As part of DWT's multidisciplinary land development team, Clayton helps clients site, permit, and develop their projects, and—where necessary—litigate land use matters. He also serves as outside counsel for many client-driven development projects.

Clayton has represented Olympic Property Group/Pope Resources, the Port of Seattle, The Seattle Times Company, Sound Transit, and Waste Management.

Practice Highlights

Essential public facilities

Representing developers of essential public facilities throughout the state of Washington, including several psychiatric and medical facilities, as well as stations and light rail facilities for Sound Transit's East Link and Lynnwood Link extensions.

Hotel development

Assisted various clients with the siting, acquisition, permitting, development, and disposition of hotel projects in Washington and Oregon, including condominiumized high-rise projects in downtown Seattle and Portland.

Master planned developments

Representing developers of planned communities, including the master developer of the National Historic Town of Port Gamble, Wash., on comprehensive plan, zoning, and development agreement to make way for mixed-use redevelopment of the historic town site.
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Admitted to Practice

  • Washington, 2006
  • Oregon, 2012

Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2006, cum laude
    • Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal of International Law
  • M.A., Ibero-Romance Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, 2002
    • Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
    • President, Graduate Student Organization, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
  • B.A., Spanish, International Studies, Oregon State University, 2000

Languages

  • Spanish

Memberships & Affiliations

    • President, 2017-2019; Board Member; 2011-2019 – King County Municipal League Foundation
    • Board of Trustees, King County Bar Association, 2015-2018
    • Growth Management Policy Board, Puget Sound Regional Council, 2015-2019
    • Chair, 2013-2014; Vice Chair, 2012-2013; Secretary, 2010-2012 – Environmental and Land Use Law Section, King County Bar Association
    • Leadership Tomorrow, Class of 2013
    • Volunteer Attorney, Housing Justice Project
    • Board of Directors, Vice President, Community for Youth, 2008-2010
    • Asset Management Committee, St. Andrew's Housing Group, 2007- 2009
    • Washington State Bar Association

Professional Recognition

    • Named one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" by Chambers USA in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Washington), 2023-2025; Listed as "Up and Coming" in Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use (Washington), 2020-2021
    • Selected to "Washington Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2013-2017
    • Named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Land Use and Zoning Law by Best Lawyers, 2020-present
    • Named "Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2013" by King County Bar Association
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