Brian D. Clark
Associate

Experience

Brian Clark focuses his practice in the firm's environmental, antitrust, and business practice groups. He is a 2009 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School where he was elected Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Minnesota Journal of International Law and was a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Mr. Clark served as a Student Attorney for the Consumer Protection Clinic and interned with the Honorable Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Before law school, Mr. Clark was an AmeriCorps volunteer in Alaska.

Representative Cases

Minnesota Public Radio v. Metropolitan Council, No. 62-CV-10-988 (Ramsey Cty. Dist. Ct.). Ongoing representation of regional government entity in litigation regarding mitigation of light rail transit vibration and ground-borne noise.
2010 Minnesota Gubernatorial Recount. Represented Governor Mark Dayton's Recount Team during 2010 Gubernatorial Recount.
Regents of the University of Minnesota v. Metropolitan Council, No. 27-09-23445 (Hennepin Cty. Dist. Ct.). Represented regional government entity in complex environmental litigation involving construction of light rail transit line.
In re Flat Glass (II) Antitrust Litigation (W.D. Pa.). Represented plaintiffs in complex antitrust class action.

Publications

Organic Farmer May Assert Claim for Trespass, Minnesota Lawyer (Aug. 12, 2011).
New EPA Water Transfers Rule May Threaten Pristine Waters, ENRE Law News (Minn. State Bar Assín), Spring/Summer 2009, at 1.
Note, Will Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Be the Straw That Breaks the Camel's Back?: Stopping the Balkanization of Great Lakes Ballast Water Law, 18 Minn. J. Int'l L. 227 (2009).
Will A New Invasive Species Lead to Effective Ballast Water Regulations in the Great Lakes?, ENR Law News (Minn. State Bar Ass'n), Nov. 2007, at 8.
Northern Flying Squirrel, in A Conservation Assessment and Resource Synthesis for the Tongass National Forest and Southeast Alaska, Joint Pub'n of Nature Conservancy & Audubon Soc'y of Alaska, Ch. 6 §§ 5&6 (2007).
American Marten, in A Conservation Assessment and Resource Synthesis for the Tongass National Forest and Southeast Alaska, Joint Pubín of Nature Conservancy & Audubon Socíy of Alaska, Ch. 6 §§ 5&6 (2007).

Professional Associations

Mr. Clark is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Minnesota State Bar Association, and the Hennepin County Bar Association.

Civic Associations

Advocates for Human Rights, Volunteers Lawyers Network
Board of Directors, St. Anthony Park Community Council