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Denise M. Clark

Vice President

December 2, 2023
By NIWR

She currently serves as the chair-elect of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association and is a member of the Board of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association. Ms. Clark served on the Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council from 2009-2012. She has contributed to a number of legal treatises including Bloomberg BNA’s Employee Benefits Law, ERISA Litigation, The Fair Labor Standards Act, and The Family Medical Leave Act.

Ms. Clark is a fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Ms. Clark earned her LL.M. in taxation and labor, specializing in employee benefits law, at Georgetown University Law Center. She earned her J.D. at North Carolina Central University School of Law, where she was a senior editor of the North Carolina Central University Law Review, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Marquette University. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as numerous federal district courts and circuit courts.

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