Dana C. Clark, Esq., BA, JD

Adjunct Professor

Profile

Dana C. Clark is a lifetime resident of Orange County. He graduated from Point Loma College in San Diego, California with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Political Science. Thereafter he graduated with a Juris Doctorate Degree from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California. He has been an attorney engaged in general civil litigation and appeals for over 21 years in Orange County. He also serves as a Temporary Judge and Arbitrator for the Orange County Superior Court.

In addition to being engaged in his active law practice at Mains & Clark, Attorneys at Law, A Professional Law Corporation in Santa Ana, California he also serves on the Board of Directors for the Orange County Legal Education Foundation, has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Western State University College of Law at the Fullerton and Irvine campuses, and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Trinity Law School in Santa Ana. Last year he was voted Professor of the Year by the Associated Student Body at Trinity Law School for the 2008-2009 academic year.

At Concordia University, Mr. Clark is an Adjunct Professor teaching Business Law. He also serves his congregation at St. John's Lutheran Church in Orange, California as a member of the Council of Elders.

Education

J.D. College of Law -- Western State University, 1985
B.A. History/Political Science -- Point Loma University, 1979

Continuing Legal Education Courses including:

Graduate of Orange County Bar Association College of Trial Advocacy
Graduate of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Judicial Artitration and Mediation Services, May, 1990
Certified as an Arbitrator, Orange County Superior Court
Certified, Temporary Judge, Orange County Superior Court

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Courses taught at Western State University, College of Law

Torts
Products Liability
Legal Writing
Remedies

Courses taught at Trinity Law School

Torts
Contracts
Remedies
Ethics and the Profession
Inter Alia

Cordet, Preston and Becker; Recent California Descisions Impacting Landowner Tort Liability, Western State Universtiy, College of Law, Law Review, 1985.

In the Vice at a Price - The Adverse Effect and the Competing Interests of the California Trial Court Delay Act and the Extended Notice Periods for Motions for Summary Judgement and Summary Adjudication of Issues, Trinity Law School Review, 2007.

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

Member of:

The American Bar Association
The California Bar Association
The Orange County Bar Association
Licensed to Practice Law Before:

All California State Courts

U.S. District Court, Southern Dist., Calif.
U.S. District Court, Central Dist., Calif.
U.S. District Court, Eastern Dist., Calif.
U.S. District Court, Northern Dist., Calif.
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Military Appeals

Service as:

Judge Pro Tem, Orange County Superior Court
Temporary Judge, Orange County Superior Judge
Arbitrator, Orange County Superior Court
Board of Directors, Orange County Legal Education Foundation

Expertise

General Civil Litigation and Appeals including:

Contracts
Transactions
Bodily Injury
Construction
Subsidence
Adjacent, subjacent and sublateral support
Title Insurance
Products Liability
Subrogation
Defamation
Invasion of Privacy
Wrongful Death
Trespass
Encroachment
Nuisance
Negligent Security
Landlord Tenant Law
Estate Planning

Special Interests and Activites

Scuba diving, raquetball, reading

Courses Taught at Concordia

BAL 306 - Business Law