David W. Clarke

Member-in-Charge

Overview

David Clarke successfully blends general counsel representation of a variety of business interests with a regulatory and administrative law and government relations practice, including handling matters before the Virginia State Corporation Commission and various other state regulatory bodies and agencies.

Representative Matters

Matters involving policy making affecting regulation of and transactions for energy (including production, transmission and distribution of natural gas and competitive electricity supply), telecommunications (wireless, local exchange and internet), healthcare (including relating to doing business with the Virginia Medicaid agency) and insurance (title, health and retirement annuities) interests.
Serves a variety of corporate and business clients in matters relating to entity planning and formation, purchase, sale and financing of assets and other general business matters.

Professional Affiliations

Virginia Bar Association, Real Estate Section
Virginia State Bar, Administrative Law and Real Property Sections
Bar Association of the City of Richmond

Community Involvement

Orchard House School, Past President of the Board
Friends of Bandy Field, Inc., Past Board Member and Vice President
Richmond Business Council (Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce), Past Chairman
Richmond Christian Leadership Institute, Chairman of the Board
Leadership Metro Richmond, Class of 1992
Third Presbyterian Church
East End Fellowship

Awards and Recognition:

Selected for inclusion as Best Lawyers 2019 Administrative/Regulatory Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Richmond.
Selected for inclusion as Best Lawyers 2018 Communications Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Richmond
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
Selected for inclusion in Virginia Business magazine’s “Legal Elite” for Legislative/Regulatory/Administrative law
Selected for inclusion as a “Top Lawyer” by Richmond Magazine
Selected for inclusion in Virginia Super Lawyers
Attained an AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell