Donald H. Clark

Don Clark has served as a trial attorney in Virginia since 1968 and concentrates his practice in litigation before state and federal courts, where he has participated in numerous jury and non-jury trials, arbitration proceedings and administrative hearings.  He has represented and defended corporations, small businesses, individuals and local and state government agencies in contract disputes, commercial and real estate matters, product liability and negligence actions, securities fraud and antitrust, eminent domain, environmental and civil rights litigation.

Don Clark has served as a trial attorney in Virginia since 1968 and concentrates his practice in litigation before state and federal courts, where he has participated in numerous jury and non-jury trials, arbitration proceedings and administrative hearings.  He has represented and defended corporations, small businesses, individuals and local and state government agencies in contract disputes, commercial and real estate matters, product liability and negligence actions, securities fraud and antitrust, eminent domain, environmental and civil rights litigation.

In 1972, he co-founded Clark & Stant, which he directed to become one of the largest law firms in southeastern Virginia.  In 1999, he led the firm’s merger discussions with Williams Mullen, making the combined firm one of the largest in Virginia, with offices in North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and London. 

He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has held the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory’s highest rating, *(AV), since 1980. In addition to being listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1991, Mr. Clark was named the Best Lawyers’ 2011 and 2012 Norfolk Litigation - Real Estate Lawyer of the Year.  He is recognized as a leading litigation attorney in the United States by Chambers USA and in 2008 was recognized as a Benchmark Litigation Star for Virginia. In annual surveys conducted by Virginia Business magazine, he has been selected as one of the top attorneys in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  In addition, Mr. Clark has been named a “Super Lawyer” for Business Litigation by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine.  He is a permanent member of the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He also is a member (Master) of the James Kent American Inn of Court, and a fellow of the Virginia Law and American bar foundations.  The Virginia Beach Bar Association presented him with its 2004 Distinguished Service Award.

He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  He is a member of the Litigation sections of the American Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar, and has served on the board of governors for the Construction Law Section of the Virginia State Bar.  He has been a member of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board, the chairman of the Second District Ethics Committee and has been appointed by the Virginia Supreme Court to the Medical Malpractice Review Panel.  He has written and lectured on a variety of legal topics and is the co-author of Virginia Construction Law.

Mr. Clark serves on the board of trustees of the Virginia Health Care Foundation. He is a member of the board of directors of Sentara Health Care and has served as chairman of the board.  He is a member of the board of directors of Bay Primex Insurance Company, Ltd., and is a former member of the board of directors of Priority Health Care HMO.  A former president of the Virginia Beach Bar Association, he has served as chairman of the board of directors of Virginia Beach General Hospital and as chairman of the board of directors and a member of the executive committee of Tidewater Health Care, Inc., the parent company of Virginia Beach General Hospital and other healthcare entities.  He has also served as chairman of the Mayor’s Committee for Reapportionment of the City of Virginia Beach.

He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the George Washington University School of Law.