Mr. Clark is recognized as both a Texas SuperLawyer® and a Texas Rising Star® in business litigation by Texas Monthly and SuperLawyer Magazines—an extremely rare combination.
Mr. Clark is also recognized by fellow attorneys for displaying the highest ethical standards and professional ability as evidence by his Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® rating.
Mr. Clark represents public and private companies, their owners, investors, and contractors in complex business litigation. His practice focuses on complex business litigation arising out of business torts, corporate financing, equity acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, partnership disputes, joint ventures, breach of contract, and business formation, operation, and termination issues.
Mr. Clark also represents clients in connection with the acquisition, ownership, use, transfer, and disposition of commercial real estate.
Admissions:
- State of Texas
- United States District Court – Western District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals – Fifth Circuit
- United States Tax Court
Memberships:
- Business Law Section – State Bar of Texas
- Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section – State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- Austin Bar Association
- The Robert W. Calvert American Inn of Court
Representative Experience:
- Represented a private company in domain-name litigation involving misappropriation of a domain name and Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Claims.
- Represented ranch owners in Texas’ first trial opposing a $54,000,000.00 345kV CREZ transmission line under the new Competitive Renewable Energy Zone legislation.
- Represented an individual in a complex commercial litigation trial in federal court resulting in a judgment in favor of client for $405,958.29, prejudgment interest in the amount of $154,375.92, and attorney’s fees yet to be decided by the court.
- Represented Saratoga Resources Inc., Lobo Energy, Inc., and private shareholders in the negotiation of a private equity settlement in excess of $350,000.00 arising out of a reverse merger.
- Represented a private shareholder group in international litigation arising out of a breach of a complex business transaction. Obtained judgments awarding $560,000 CAD and 1.4 million shares of stock for his clients.
- Represented of a private national company in the prosecution of a breach of contract claim that resulted in a summary judgment in excess of $100,000.00 in damages and fees.
- Represented an individual in a negligent handling case that resulted in a jury verdict in excess of $100,000.00.
- Represented a creditor in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy proceeding. Obtained dismissal of the bankruptcy case on grounds of bad faith.
- Represented an individual in defense of a breach of contract claim that resulted in an award of fees for his client.
- Represented governmental entities in defense of civil rights litigation.
- Authored appellate briefs in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit as well as the Texas Court of Appeals for the Tenth District that resulted in victories for his clients.
- Represented a private global company in drafting and negotiating International Distributorship Agreements.
- Negotiated a Trademark Co-Existence Agreement on behalf of Twin Liquors, L.P. and the Minnesota Twins, LLC.
- Negotiated a Trademark Co-Existence Agreement on behalf of Twin Liquors, L.P. and the Minnesota Twins, LLC.
- Represented APSI Construction Management, Inc. in drafting and negotiating a multi-million dollar Program Management Services Agreement for the Service Center Facilities Program of the San Antonio Water System.
- Negotiated, drafted, and oversaw the securitization of multi-million dollar transaction under United States and South African law.
- Represented a privately-owned real estate partnership in connection with the refinance of a $50,000,000.00 and $24,000,000.00 international commercial real estate portfolios.
- Represented a private company in an OSHA investigation.
- Represented startup co-founder in negotiation of an executive separation agreement.
- Negotiated and drafted merger and acquisition agreement for privately-owned information technology company.
- Represented a privately-owned real estate partnership in connection with the purchase of a $7,050,000.00 commercial property.
- Represented purchasers of Class A multifamily real estate portfolio.
- Represented privately-owned companies in connection with the lease of Class A commercial real estate office and retail space.
- Represented public and private lenders in single and multi-lender transactions involving commercial real estate projects.
Presentations:
Mr. Clark is a frequent speaker and consultant to law firms, CLE programs, and companies on social media, legal project management, and legal technology. Mr. Clark is the creator and managing editor of the Texas Law Blog, N’Side Counsel, and the Texas Family Law Guide. Mr. Clark is also the founder of the Open Discovery Project and a co-founder of Lawful.ly.
Past Presentations:
- October 10, 2013, First Corporate Solutions webinar: “Top 10 Commercial Loan Mistakes.”
- July 25, 2013, First Corporate Solutions webinar: “The Basics of Entity Formation & Common Issues.”
- June 20, 2013, County & District Clerk’s Association of Texas’ 118th Annual Conference – Ethics & Social Media in Government.”
- April 2013, First Corporate Solutions webinar: “The Basics of Collateral Descriptions.”
- January 2013, First Corporate Solutions webinar: “The Basics of Lien Priority.”
- June 2012, Texas Advanced Administrative Law course presentation: “Ethics & Social Media.”
- 2007, State Bar College’s Consumer & Commercial Law Section presentation: “Yes, Judges Really Do Care About That! Lawyers’ Most Common Citation Mistakes.”
- 2002, Office of the Texas Attorney General presentation: “Practicing Before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.”
