M. Clark Spoden is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group where he concentrates his practice on litigation. He is an experienced trial lawyer defending corporations in employment, contract, wrongful death, personal injury and environmental cases. Clark is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization. He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, and Environmental Litigation (2010-12). He recently recieved the 2007 Joseph G. Cummings Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award from the Nashville Bar Association.
Recent Speaking Engagements & Publications
· "The Public Interest Nullifies Another Health Care Non-Competition Agreement," Tennessee Bar Journal, July 2010
· Background Checks & Negligent Hiring: A Health Care Industry Hazard," For the Defense, August 1998
Before Stites & Harbison
In 1998, Clark helped start the Nashville office of Frost Brown Todd. Prior to that, he practiced with Dearborn & Ewing (1981-92) and was chairman of the litigation section for two years. He also had his own law practice for two years prior to joining Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart where he was a member from 1994-98. Clark also clerked for the Hon. Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee from 1980-81.
More Than Stites & Harbison
Clark has taught Remedies at the Nashville School of Law since 2003 and is a frequent lecturer on trial practice and employment law.
Memberships
American Bar Association
Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Life Member
Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member
Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow
Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), Member
Industry Experience
Automotive & Manufacturing Facilities
Hotels / Hospitality Facilities