Biography
Denise M. Clark, Esq.
Ms. Clark is the founder of the Law Office of Denise M. Clark, in Washington, D.C., where she practices employee benefit and employment law, representing individuals in litigation involving claims to recover pension, severance, and disability benefits, and related employment claims.
An employee benefit law practitioner for 16 years, immediately prior to establishing the firm, Ms. Clark held the position of General Counsel with HEREIU Welfare and Pension Funds. There she managed employee benefits and employment matters for the organization, implemented the Funds’ compliance with ERISA and related statutes, represented the Funds before the Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service, and handled litigation on behalf of the Funds enforcing subrogation liens, defending and prosecuting fiduciary responsibility claims, enforcing withdrawal liability assessments and delinquency collection before the federal courts across the country.
Ms. Clark’s law practice assists individuals with employee benefit claims and related employment matters.
Ms. Clark co-chairs the Employment Discrimination Subcommittee of the ABA Employee Benefits Committee Section of Labor and Employment Law and is a chapter editor of the Committee’s Employee Benefits Law treatise. She is a Vice-chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the TIPS Section of the ABA, and a member of the Employment Rights Executive Board of the American Association for Justice. She has been a speaker at the annual ERISA Basics and ERISA Litigation programs sponsored by the ABA, as well as the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans Annual Program.
Ms. Clark routinely teaches ERISA and Fiduciary Responsibility at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Ms. Clark was a founding director of the District of Columbia Employment Justice Center. She was a member of the Steering Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Bar of the District of Columbia.
Ms. Clark earned her LLM in taxation and labor, specializing in employee benefits law, at Georgetown University Law Center. She earned her J.D. at North Carolina Central University School of Law, where she was a senior editor of the North Carolina Central University Law Review, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Marquette University. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as numerous federal district and circuit courts.
BioPicture
