Brent Clark

Brent Clark is a partner in the Firm’s Labor and Employment Department and Co-Chair of the Workplace Safety and Environmental practice groups. He focuses his practice on litigation defense matters involving individual and multi-party actions, trial and appellate practice, and handles environmental, OSHA, MSHA, tort and toxic tort, and commercial and employment litigation matters. As an OSHA and MSHA litigator, he has defended against willful, serious, repeat, unwarrantable failure, Section 110(c) and egregious citations, including hearings and appeals to the OSHA Review Commission, the Mine Safety Health Review Commission and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. He has tried numerous cases before Federal and State OSHA courts. He has provided analysis, investigation, and advice regarding potential criminal and whistleblower allegations and claims including discrimination, termination, retaliation, and whistleblower claims under OSHA, MSHA, DOT and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA). Mr. Clark has experience in investigating, reporting, and defending against claims arising from workplace fatalities, explosions, fires and catastrophes. He also provides general compliance counseling and advice concerning OSHA and MSHA inspections and investigations, internal audits and compliance issues. His experience in environmental law includes litigating a variety of claims under federal and state environmental statutes before federal and state courts and agencies. He has handled claims under CERCLA (Superfund), RCRA, TSCA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, EPCRA, Underground Storage Tanks (UST’s), DOT, FAA and related state statutes and regulations. Mr. Clark also provides general environmental compliance counseling and assists clients with internal audits, compliance programs, agency inspections, and transactions involving environmental issues.