Mr. Clark, a native of Northern Virginia, joined the firm as Special Counsel in October, 2009. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1988 with a B.A. in Political Science. In 1991, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the Washington & Lee University School of Law, where he participated on the school's law review, graduated magna cum laude, and was inducted into the honor society known as the Order of the Coif. Mr. Clark is admitted to practice in all state trial and appellate courts in Virginia, as well as in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the D.C. bar, admitted to practice in the D.C. courts, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

David Clark has over seventeen years of experience handling civil litigation at all levels of Virginia's federal and state courts and in the courts of several other states. For eight years prior to joining the firm, Mr. Clark was special counsel to the international law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, where he handled litigation matters involving employment discrimination, insurance coverage, and business disputes across many industries. As a part of his practice there, he often used mediation and arbitration as tools for achieving cost-effective results for his clients. Before that, Mr. Clark was a partner in the Alexandria firm of Brincefield, Hartnett, Tompkins & Clark, where he handled real estate litigation, employment law counseling and, less frequently, personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Now, drawing on his diverse background and experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Mr. Clark provides the firm's clients with practical and creative solutions for achieving their goals.