Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Doug Clark has extensive experience in the formulation of family policy, having consulted on legal and policy issues with United Nations delegates and ambassadors and with family policy leaders at numerous UN conferences, commissions, and summits in New York and around the world, including as counsel and International Policy Director for an international family policy organization accredited in the UN. Doug's career experience includes serving as Vice President and Director of Content for the original Law.com where he negotiated strategic alliances, advised on internet legal issues and licensing, and directed his staff in producing what became the most highly trafficked legal website. His law practice has included commercial litigation as well as transactional practice focusing on banking, corporate, and consumer law, including regulatory compliance for consumer lending and the bankcard department of a large regional bank and authorship of its numerous consumer credit card agreements and disclosures, as well as merchant capture agreements, home equity credit lines, vehicle financing and security agreements, and commercial loan documents. Doug earned both a Masters of Business Administration and a Juris Doctorate from Brigham Young University, where he was managing editor of the Law Review. He is the author of a number of books and articles; author of proclamations on the family adopted by several states and used at the federal and international level; and participated in drafting the Utah Consumer Credit Code and various statutes. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Regulatory Compliance
• Consumer Credit Law
• Family Law

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Family Law

Bar Admissions

• Arizona
• Utah

Education

• Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah, 1983
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Faculty Scholarly Writing Award
  
  Law Review: BYU Law Review, Managing Editor
• Graduate School of Management, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1979
  Master of Business Administration. Emphasis in finance and marketing. Distinction in business communication.
• Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1977
  Bachelor of Arts, Languages and History
  Honors: Honors Program Graduate
  Honors: Honors Scholarship recipient, four years
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
  Honors: Dobra Slova National Honor Society (for Russian language)

Address

7319 North 16th Street
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85020-5262

Phones

602.870.9700
800.294.9653 (Toll-Free)

Faxes

602.870.9783

Emails

dclark@gillaw.com

Websites

http://www.gillaw.com
http://www.gillaw-willsandtrusts.com
http://www.gillaw-injury-attorney.com