Jim McClammy is a Partner in Davis Polk’s Civil Litigation practice in New York. Financial institutions, corporations, debtors, creditors and creditor committees look to Jim for representation in a wide range of matters, including securities, commodities and antitrust class actions, bankruptcy-related litigation, and other complex federal and state law litigation. He has substantial trial experience and has also participated in mediation and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
McClammy’s recent matters include the representation of banks, other financial institutions and hedge funds in class actions asserting violations of the federal securities and antitrust laws; lenders and other creditors in contested bankruptcy litigation; pharmaceutical and other debtors in challenging chapter 11 proceedings; and the foreign representatives of numerous companies seeking relief from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. He is recognized as a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation.
After receiving his BA from Yale University, McClammy graduated summa cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was Articles Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review. He was elected to Davis Polk’s partnership in 2015.
