Jack B. Clarke, Jr.

Jack B. Clarke, Jr. is a partner in Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo’s Student Services and Disabilities Practice Group. Mr. Clarke’s education law litigation practice includes special education disputes and matters involving student discipline, civil rights and constitutional claims. He also handles public agency litigation and other substantial matters. He has successfully defended school districts and other education clients in student disciplinary proceedings, special education due process hearings, and civil rights and constitutional claims.

Mr. Clarke frequently speaks on special education matters, including manifestation determination procedures and assessment procedures for children with exceptional needs. His presentations have reached the Association of California School Administrators, the Safe Schools Conference, the North Coastal Consortium of Special Education, McGeorge School of Law, the Riverside County Bar Association, the Riverside County Office of Education and LRP, as well as school districts and special education local plan areas in Southern California.

Mr. Clarke’s professional and community service has been recognized by organizations including the Riverside County Bar Association, California Law Business magazine, the NAACP and the American Diabetes Association. He was the first African-American to chair the board of the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce. In 1999, following the police shooting death of Tyisha Miller in Riverside, he chaired the Mayor’s Use-of-Force Review Panel.

During law school, Mr. Clarke was elected to the Order of the Barristers for achievement in courtroom advocacy, served as a staff writer on the Legislative Review of the Pacific Law Journal and received the United States Law Week Award for Outstanding Contributions to the law school community. He is also a graduate of the National Institute on Trial Advocacy.

• J.D., with distinction, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
• B.S., University of California, Riverside

• 1985, California

• California State University Board of Trustees
• Riverside County Bar Association, immediate past president, 2020-2021
• The City of Riverside Innovation District Working Group, co-chair
• Raincross Group