Joshua Claybourn | |
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Born |
Evansville, Indiana, U.S. |
June 10, 1981
Alma mater |
Kelley School of Business (B.S.) Indiana Univ. School of Law (J.D.) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Website | joshclaybourn |
Joshua Claybourn is an American attorney and author, known most for his legal and political work with governmental entities and elected officials. He is an adjunct scholar with the Indiana Policy Review Foundation.
Claybourn is a native of Evansville, Indiana, and was born into the Claybourn – Claiborne – Clayborn family. He graduated from North High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He also attended the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia, an organization that teaches young Americans how to influence public policy through activism and leadership. Thereafter he earned a law degree from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and served as a research assistant to Professor Gerard Magliocca during his work on Andrew Jackson and the Constitution: The Rise and Fall of Generational Regimes.
Claybourn is an attorney with the law firm of Jackson Kelly and represents businesses and several governmental entities and officials. He served as attorney for the city council of Evansville, Indiana, and the town council of Chandler, Indiana. Citing Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, Claybourn appeared before the Indiana Election Commission and successfully challenged a 23-year-old person’s legal right to appear on the ballot as a candidate for Congress in Indiana's 8th congressional district. He previously served as an adjunct professor of business law at the University of Evansville.