Over his career, WCM founder Paul Clark has handled a truly diverse range of litigation, including federal and state trial and appellate work in both New York and New Jersey. At WCM, Paul handles complex insurance coverage matters, high-exposure casualty suits, litigation involving educational institutions, and employment cases and disputes on behalf of management.
Paul began his legal career in 1984 with the Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, rising to the position of Senior Trial Attorney and trying a wide variety of cases, including those involving alleged police misconduct, medical malpractice and premises liability. Before founding WCM, Paul was a partner in a mid-size litigation firm with offices in New York and New Jersey, where he continued to develop his well-earned reputation as a formidable advocate and a skilled litigator.
Paul is a member of the prestigious Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), a by-invitation-only alliance of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, litigation and risk managers, claims professionals and attorneys. He is also a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), an association of college and university attorneys and administrators whose mission is to educate its members about a variety of campus legal issues.
Paul enjoys publishing and lecturing for both the bar and the industry. He has published articles on expert disclosure, trial techniques and substantive legal issues. He has served as a continuing legal education faculty member and has, over the years, lectured to organizations including the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, insurance companies and risk managers from many Fortune 500 companies.
In addition to his legal work, Paul commits significant time to civic and community causes. A “Rutgers” certified youth basketball, baseball and soccer coach, he coaches C.Y.O. high school basketball. A foster parent with the state of New Jersey, he is a past recipient of the Foster Parents of the Year award for Union County.
Personal Organizations
• “Rutgers” certified youth basketball, baseball and soccer coach
• High School C.Y.O. basketball coach
• Past Chairperson, St. Helen’s Pastoral Council
• Foster parent (licensed by state of New Jersey)
• Past Foster Parents of the Year, Union County, New Jersey
Publications
• The Fox in the Henhouse: An Attorney’s Experience Sitting on a Jury, Trial Lawyers Digest, No. 64, (Summer 2014)
• Winning One for the Gipper: The Looming Legal Threats to American Football, Counterpoint, (December 2012) (co-author with Robert J. Cosgroveand Adam Gomez)
• BP Air Clarified: Sanity Restored to Other Insurance?, 238 N.Y.L.J. 35 (2007) (co-author with David F. Tavella)
• Sidewalk Liability Is Transferred from New York City to Landlords, 230 N.Y.L.J. 52 (2003) (co-author with Robert J. Cosgrove)
• Into the Wild: A Review of the Recreational Use Statute, New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 70, No. 5, July/August 1998
• Reversible Error-Opening and Closing Statements, New York State Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Vol. 19, #2, Summer 1988
• Discovery of Experts Under CPLR 3101 (d)(1) and Fed. R.Civ.P. 26(b)(14): A Comparative Analysis, Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law Journal, New York State Bar Association, 1987
Professional Activities
• New York State Bar Association
• New Jersey Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
• National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
