I was born in Jacksonville, Florida and moved to Groton, Connecticut when I was three years old. I grew up in public housing and learned to fight from a young age. I was fortunate to have teachers who taught me the value of hard work in school and that it could provide a way to a better life. I put myself through college and law school bartending and waiting tables. I opened my own law firm as a solo in 2013 and bartended nights until the firm took off.
The firm grew from one to 30 employees, including 8 lawyers. In 2022, we obtained a $100 million verdict in a paralysis case, which was the largest verdict in Connecticut history. In 2024, I dissolved Connecticut Trial Firm, LLC with my former partner, and co-founded Claggett, Sykes & Garza, LLC (“CSG”) with new partners. My lawyers and employees joined CSG with a unified vision and a renewed commitment to doing trial work at the highest level.
I’ve been happily married to my college sweetheart, Jenny, for 13 years. We have an 8-year-old son (John) and 6-year-old identical twin girls (Alexis and Melina) that keep us busy. Outside of work, I enjoy coaching my kids’ baseball teams, playing golf, and working on carpentry projects in my workshop.
Clark is a living legend in the trial world, he was the first to discover and teach the power of the “Betrayal Story” that is used by the very best plaintiff trial lawyers in America today to produce the much feared “Nuclear Verdict”. He was personally trained by the fabled trial lawyer Gerry Spence. In his younger years he also studied with such legendary trial attorneys as Race Horse Haynes, Joe Jamail, and Wild Bill Sellers.
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