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MarQ Clayton judicial candidate for Tarrant County Criminal Court 7 is an Oklahoma City native relocated to Tarrant County in grade school. MarQ is a proud mother of 2! She attended THE University of Oklahoma where she received her Bachelor of Art in Mathematics. MarQ worked as a senior pension analyst before she decided to go to law school. She received her juris doctorate degree from Texas A&M University School of Law. She began her legal career as the 1st African American Assistant County Attorney in Hood County, Texas. She then opened The Clayton Law Firm in Fort Worth, Texas. MarQ handles primarily criminal law cases in Tarrant and Dallas County. She has been admitted to the Texas Bar College. She’s the current Immediate Past President of the L. Clifford Davis Legal Association in Tarrant County, she’s also the past President, President-Elect and Treasurer. She’s also the Expunction Clinic Chair for the Legal Association’s Expunction Clinic. MarQ helped organize the Tarrant County Lawyer’s Against In