M. Clark Spoden

M. Clark Spoden

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Nashville, TN

Phone: (615) 782-2343 Fax: (615) 742-4110

Email: clark.spoden@stites.com

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Education

  • University of Tennessee College of Law

    J.D. 1980

    Tennessee Law Review, Managing Editor (1979-80), Student Materials Editor (1978-79); Phi Kappa Phi; Admission by Performance Institute, Instructor; First-year Appellate Advocacy class, Instructor

  • Sewanee: The University of the South

    B.A., with Honors, 1977

    Order of Gownsmen; Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities; Emory University Scholarship

Admissions

  • Tennessee

    1980

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

    1981

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

    1992

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

    1988

  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

    1980

  • U.S. Court of Claim

    1989

Service Areas

  • Business Litigation
  • Employment
  • Employment Law
  • Complex / Large Litigation
  • Environmental Law
  • Media and Entertainment Law

Industry Experience

  • Automotive & Manufacturing Facilities
  • Hotels / Hospitality Facilities

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Nashville Bar Association
  • Tennessee Bar Association
  • Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Life Member
  • Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member
  • Nashville Bar Foundation, Fellow
  • Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), Member

Martindale Hubbell - M. Clark Spoden   National Board of Trial Advocacy

Best Lawyers in America

M. Clark Spoden is a member of the Business Litigation Service Group where he concentrates his practice on litigation.  He is an experienced trial lawyer defending corporations in employment, contract, wrongful death, personal injury and environmental cases.  Clark is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.  He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, and Environmental Litigation (2010-12).  He recently recieved the 2007 Joseph G. Cummings Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award from the Nashville Bar Association.

Recent Speaking Engagements & Publications

Before Stites & Harbison

In 1998, Clark helped start the Nashville office of Frost Brown Todd.  Prior to that, he practiced with Dearborn & Ewing (1981-92) and was chairman of the litigation section for two years.  He also had his own law practice for two years prior to joining Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart where he was a member from 1994-98.  Clark also clerked for the Hon. Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee from 1980-81.

More Than Stites & Harbison

Clark has taught Remedies at the Nashville School of Law since 2003 and is a frequent lecturer on trial practice and employment law.