Owner, The Clayton Law Firm (Fort Worth)

MarQuetta "Marq" Clayton is the founder of The Clayton Law Firm in Fort Worth and executive director of the Girl2Girl Foundation in Arlington¹. She is the Democratic nominee for judge of the 371st District Court, a felony criminal court in Tarrant County, against incumbent Ryan Hill¹². Her campaign site says she has worked as a criminal defense attorney, prosecutor and family law attorney (the candidate's own account)³.

• Founder, The Clayton Law Firm, Fort Worth; executive director, Girl2Girl Foundation, Arlington¹
• Her campaign site says she has served as a criminal defense attorney, a prosecutor, a family law attorney and the first African American assistant county attorney in Hood County (the candidate's own account)³
• Her campaign site lists a BA in Mathematics from the University of Oklahoma and a JD from Texas A&M University School of Law (the candidate's own account)³
• Not a sitting judge. She is the Democratic nominee on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the 371st Judicial District, challenging incumbent Ryan Hill¹².
• Bar poll: Tarrant County Bar Association 2026 Judicial Candidate Poll (Jan 6 to Jan 29, 2026; 441 of 2,026 eligible attorney members voted, 21.8%). This is a non-binding poll of lawyers, not an endorsement by the Association. Results for Marquetta "Marq" Clayton: Strongly Recommend 12.9% (24), Recommend 7.5% (14), Neutral 9.1% (17), Not Recommend 9.1% (17), Strongly Not Recommend 24.2% (45), Skipped 37.1% (69) (percent of the voters who chose that race category, with vote counts). The poll was taken before the March 3 primary⁴⁵.