Robert L. Clark
Trial Attorney
Practice Areas
Serious Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Crash cases, Jobsite Accidents, and Products Liability.
Education
Loyola University of Chicago
B.A. in Business Finance, 1987
Member of Men’s Basketball Team 1983-1987, Co-Captain 1987
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D. 1990)
Experience & Clerkships
Kenneth J. Allen & Associates, P.C., Valparaiso, Indiana
Partner December, 2011 – Present
Kenneth J. Allen & Associates, P.C., Valparaiso, Indiana
Associate June, 2010 – December, 2011
Ogletree Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Chicago, Illinois
Of Counsel, 2009-2010
ERISA Litigation, Construction Litigation and Labor Law
Gough, Inc. – Merrillville, Indiana
Counsel and Project Manager, 2007-2009
Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP, Valparaiso, Indiana
Associate 1992-1996, 1998-2001
Partner 2001-2007
Trial Attorney in Civil Litigation, including: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Premises Liability, ERISA Litigation
Professional Activities
American Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
Admissions
Mr. Clark is a member of the bar for the Indiana and Illinois Supreme Courts and Appellate Courts, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, and Southern District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and Southern District of Indiana, and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Reported Decisions
Dimitroff v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., 647 N.E.2d 339 (Ind. Ct. App.1995).
Safway Steel Products v. Casteel Construction Co., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17925 (N.D.Ind.1998).
Powdertech v. Joganic, 776 N.E.2d 1251, (Ind. Ct. App.2002).
Chami v. Provident Life & Accident Ins. Co., 188 F.Supp.2d 1084 (N.D. Ind. 2002).
Forste v. Paul Revere Life and Accident Ins. Co., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27706 (S.D. Ind. 2004).
Hamaker v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co., 2004 WL 963701 (S.D. Ind. 2004)
Standard Ins. Co. v. Cole, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43962 (S.D. Ind. 2005).)
Beamon v. UNUM Life Ins. Company, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8764 (S.D. Ind. 2005).
John Hancock Life Ins. Co. v. Robinson, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77557 (S.D. Ind. 2006)
Ralston v. Suiza Dairy Group, L.P., 2006 WL 2917343 (N.D. Ind. 2006).
Rodriguez v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87114 (D. Col. 2006).
Steury v. UNUM Life Ins. Co., 2006 U.S. LEXIS 12353 (S.D. Ind. 2006).
Schmoll v. Dines, 877 N.E.2d 1255 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007).
If you or a loved one has been seriously injured or killed due to the wrongful acts of another, then you may have a legal claim for legal damages as well as the right for justice against the wrongdoer and you are welcomed to contact the Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland personal injury lawyers at Kenneth J. Allen & Associates to schedule a free initial legal consultation.