Mr. Clarke concentrates his trial practice in the areas of governmental liability and employment law; personal injury; asbestos and silica litigation; premises, automobile, toxic tort, insurance and products liability defense; appellate work; and admiralty and maritime law.

Education

• Southern Methodist University, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
• Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., 1989

Admitted to Practice

• State Bar of Texas, 1990
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 1991
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1991
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2009
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1991

Professional Associations

• State Bar of Texas
• Jefferson County Bar Association
• College of the State Bar of Texas (1994, 1997–2003)
• Former Member of:
  • Associated Builders and Contractors of Southeast Texas
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

Professional Honors

• Listed, Best Lawyers in America©, Personal Injury Litigation, 2021–Present
• Listed, Best Lawyers in America©, Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2024–Present