Robert V. Clark, Jr. was born on August 19, 1955 in Evanston, Illinois and presently resides in Howard County, Maryland with his wife and two children. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, in December of 1976. Thereafter, Mr. Clark received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in December of 1980. He was admitted to the bar in Maryland in May of 1981, and the bar of the District of Columbia in May of 1985. Mr. Clark is admitted to practice before the state and Federal courts of the State of Maryland and the local and Federal courts of the District of Columbia. Additionally, he is admitted to practice before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Clark is a member of the Maryland Association for Justice, the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, the Maryland State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Prince George's County Bar Association.

Mr. Clark has devoted his entire career to trial practice involving personal injury cases and has tried hundreds of cases as well as numerous appeals before the Courts of Appeals of the State of Maryland and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In 1996, Mr. Clark was a recipient of the Prince George's County Bar Association Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award and in the same year was a nominee for the Maryland State Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year. He is a two time recipient of the Prince George's County Pro Bono Service Award.

Mr. Clark was for many years the head of The Prince Georges County Bar Association's Tort Law Commitee. In that capacity he has conducted numerous seminars for practicing attorneys in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice trial work.