Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute ResolutionGeneral CivilHealth Care LawInsuranceLitigation & Dispute ResolutionMediationPersonal Injury LitigationProduct LiabilityProfessional LiabilityEducation
Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1993
University of Kentucky, J.D., 1997
Mr. Clark is licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky and maintains a general civil trial practice with a focus primarily on medical malpractice defense. He serves on the firm's Board of Directors and is chair of the firm's Healthcare Practice Group. He has tried numerous civil lawsuits to verdict, and he has briefed and argued cases before the Tennessee Court of Appeals and the Tennessee Supreme Court. Mr. Clark is a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator.
AFFILIATIONS
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Member, Trial Law ...
Mr. Clark is licensed in Tennessee and Kentucky and maintains a general civil trial practice with a focus primarily on medical malpractice defense. He serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and is chair of the firm’s Healthcare Practice Group. He has tried numerous civil lawsuits to verdict, and he has briefed and argued cases before the Tennessee Court of Appeals and the Tennessee Supreme Court. Mr. Clark is a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator.
AFFILIATIONS
- Kentucky Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Member, Trial Law Institute
- Member, Diversity Law Institute
- Barrister, Order of Juris
- Advocate, Order of Certus
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Named Best Lawyers® 2021 Medical Malpractice Law/Defendants “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis
- Holds the highest rating, AV-Preeminent, from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America®, Medical Malpractice – Defendants; Insurance Law; Health Care Law
- Named on list of Mid-South Super Lawyers for medical malpractice law
- Named as a Tennessee Top 100 Super Lawyer, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
- Named one of the Top 50 Memphis Area Super Lawyers, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
- Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). Membership in the IADC is by invitation only and peer review.
- Elected a Memphis Bar Foundation Fellow
- Received the Memphis Bar Association’s President’s Award in 2007
- Tennessee Bar Association Litigation Section Executive Council, 2001-2002
- Served as chair of the Memphis Bar Association’s Litigation Section in 2007 and 2008
- Associate member of the Leo Bearman Sr. American Inns of Court from 1999 to 2001
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Mr. Clark has been involved with Habitat for Humanity, the Memphis Area Legal Services Campaign for Equal Justice, the Memphis Bar Association Phone-a-Thon and the Memphis Bar Association’s Saturday Pro Bono Clinic.
