Sandra F. Clark Shareholder Beaumont t: 409.835.5011 ext. 432 f: 409.835.5177 SandraClark@mehaffyweber.com V-card

Sandra Clark joined the firm in 1980 and became a shareholder in 1985. She has served three terms on the Management and Compensation Committees. Sandra is the Engagement Partner for the firm in its role as one of DuPont's primary law firms. She is also a member of the MDL Advisory Committee for the Texas Asbestos MDL.  Sandra has tried more than 25 complex cases to verdict. She was one of two MehaffyWeber attorneys who obtained one of the top 10 defense verdicts recognized by the National Law Journal in 2001.  Sandra was recently named Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for Personal Injury Trial Law for 2011-2012.

Areas of Concentration
Personal injury defense, Complex commercial litigation and Products liability

Licenses
State Bar of Texas, 1980
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, 1982
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Education
Sandra has a Bachelor and Masters of Arts degree in English and History and received a Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree from The University of Houston in 1980. She is board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by The Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Activities
Sandra has given many presentations on a variety of topics including Class Action and Tort Cases, Discovery, Defending Punitive Damages, Asbestos Medicine and New MDL rules for a variety of business and professional groups.  While at The University of Houston Law Center, Sandra was an editor of the Law Review, a member of the Board of Barristers and Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.  She has served two terms on the Board of the Jefferson County Bar Association.  She is a member of the Professionalism Committee of the State Bar of Texas, and is the Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Texas Board of Legal Certification.

Memberships and Honors
Sandra is a member of the Texas Bar Foundation, the American Inns of Court, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Products Liability Advisory Council, the American and Texas Bar Associations, American Board of Trial Advocates-Houston Chapter, Texas Association of Defense Trial Attorneys and the Defense Research Institute. She was selected as a member of DuPont Legal Leadership Circle.

She has been recognized in "Best Lawyers in America®" since 2000 and "Texas Super Lawyers®" by Law & Politics and published in Texas Monthly magazine since 2003.  She has also been listed as a "Top 50 Female Super Lawyer® in Texas" and "Top 100 Super Lawyers® in the Houston Area," since 2006 and as a "Top Lawyer in Houston," by HTexas magazine from 2007 to 2009. 

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