Mr. Claycombe practices in the areas of federal and state securities fraud litigation, business litigation and oil and gas law. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in 1970, and his law degree, magna cum laude, from Indiana University in 1974, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi, a member of Moot Court Board, and Associate Editor of the Indiana Law Review, 1973-1974. Mr. Claycombe authored "Judges and Prosecutors Immunity from Injunctive Relief Under Civil Rights Acts," 6 Indiana Law Review 801, 1973. He was admitted to practice in Texas in 1974, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, and the Southern District of Indiana. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association. Mr. Claycombe was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1948.