Andrew Clarke

Attorney

33 yrs experience
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Bar admitted 1992
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Memphis, TN

Bar admissions

Tennessee
1992
Mississippi
1993
Arkansas
1995

Awards and recognition

01Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
02Outstanding Scholar Award (1988-1989)

Memberships

National Police Accountability Project (Past Board Member 2001-2007)
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association
ACLU
Federal Bar Association
Memphis Bar Association
Tennessee Employment Lawyers Association

Background

Andrew C. Clarke is an Attorney at Greer Injury Lawyers, PLLC, with 33 years of experience as a plaintiff's lawyer specializing in civil rights cases. Clarke earned his Juris Doctor from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis in May 1992 and his Bachelor of Arts in History from Davidson College in May 1988. He also holds a Master's in Criminal Justice from Florida International University (August 1989). He is admitted to the State Bars of Tennessee (1992), Mississippi (1993), and Arkansas (1995). Clarke has handled car and trucking wrecks, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, negligent security, employment law, police misconduct, and civil rights cases. He appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court in Scott v. Harris, 127 S.Ct. 1769, and his early work addressing police hog-tie practices resulted in bans by the Memphis Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff's Department. He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and served on the National Police Accountability Project board (2001-2007).

Notable cases

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Scott v. Harris, 127 S.Ct. 1769 (U.S. Supreme Court)

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