Barbara A. Clark

Ms. Clark specializes in legal research and writing, and has been involved in numerous state and federal appeals.  She has also participated extensively at the trial stage, engaging in legal analysis, strategy, and drafting trial motions and briefs, as well as preparing written submissions for arbitrations.  Most recently, she has concentrated on cases involving issues of admiralty law and insurance coverage, as well as state and federal procedural and jurisdictional issues. 

Bar and Court Admissions

• Texas, 1979
• Admitted to practice in all state courts in the State of Texas
• U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fifth Circuits
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

Education

• University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1979; Wellesley College, B.A., Wellesley College Scholar, 1974, major in French and Russian

Memberships

• State Bar of Texas

Seminars & Speeches

• “1995 Annual Report of the Special Committee on International Energy Law,” American Bar Association 1995 Year in Review, co-authored with J.G. Martin, Assistant General Counsel, Mobil Oil Corporation; “Prejudgment Interest: Which Rate Applies And When Should It Be Compounded Daily?” Vol. 9, The Advocate, No. 1, March 1990; “Removability Of High Seas Death Claims Filed In State Court After Tallentire,” 12 Tulane Maritime Law Journal 2, Spring 1988; “Prejudgment Interest After Cavnar: What Rate Applies?” 50 Texas Bar Journal 1, 1987.