THOMAS C. CLARK
attended Dartmouth College where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government in 1964. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Cornell University in 1969, where he served as Chancellor of the Moot Court Board from 1968-69.

He has served as lead-liaison counsel in major environmental coverage actions, tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal courts on such issues as general liability coverage, property coverage, bad faith, construction defects, excess force, stock churning and product liability issues.

He has served as an arbitrator on insurance coverage matters. He is a frequent contributor to legal publications and seminars on trial practice and insurance issues. Most recently, he served as co-author and lecturer on "Insurance Bad Faith in Connecticut" sponsored by Lorman, 2003; "Motion Practice in Connecticut" sponsored by Lorman, 1999, 2000, 2001; "Bad Faith Insurance Law in Connecticut" sponsored by National Business Institute in January, 1997; co-author and lecturer on "Insurance Coverage Law in Connecticut" sponsored by the National Business Institute in 1995 and 1998; co-author and lecturer on "The Environmental Insurance Coverage Wars" sponsored by the Corporate Bar Association in 1995; and co-author of "The Role of Lead-Liaison Counsel in a Joint Defense Group" published in Mealey's Litigation Reports, Insurance, Vol. 9, #1 (November 1, 1994). In addition to his law practice, Mr. Clark has also enjoyed a career in community and public service. Beginning as a co-chairperson of the Hartford County Volunteer Public Defenders in the early 1970s, he represented indigent defendants in numerous criminal trials.

He also served as a Connecticut State Representative 1975-77, Clerk of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1979-81, and Counsel to the Connecticut House of Representatives 1977-79 and 1981-83. During his tenure as Counsel to the House, Mr. Clark also served as Chairman of the Connecticut Board of Protection and Advocacy for the Handicapped and Chairman of the Connecticut State Commission on Alternate Methods of Sentencing. Mr. Clark has been a Corporator of Hartford Hospital since 1975 and has served as an Alternate on the Connecticut Board of Pardons.

Mr. Clark is currently serving as adjunct professor of law at the University of Connecticut School of Law and he was chosen by his peers as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" in appellate and insurance law. He is admitted to practice in Connecticut state and federal courts as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.