11400 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1150, Los Angeles, CA 90064
310-478-0077   |   Fax 310-478-0099   |   info@clarkgoldberg.com

118 N. Gadsden Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 | 850-222-1425

Roger is the founding member and managing partner of Clark, Goldberg & Madruga. In his more than 29 years practicing law, Roger has earned a national reputation as a successful trial attorney representing insurers, cable television providers, and small and large businesses in a broad range of business litigation matters. "My philosophy has always been that the attorneys in this law firm must be prepared not just to 'litigate' a case, but to try it before a judge or jury, while at the same time keeping the client's goals and objectives squarely within our sights."

Professional Experience

Clark, Goldberg & Madruga: Los Angeles, California

(1992-present)

• Owner: founded firm fifteen years ago; managing partner since inception:
• Trial lawyer with nationwide practice, handling and trying lawsuits throughout United States (cases in Arkansas, New York, California, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Iowa, South Dakota, Nevada, Oklahoma and New South Wales, Australia; work with London insurance market)
• Areas of concentration are aviation, intellectual property, commercial and business, class action, cable television, insurance and insurance coverage, employment, real property, products liability, legal malpractice defense
• Representative clients include AIG Aviation, Charter Communications, AT&T, Amlin(London), Comcast Corporation, International Lease Finance Corporation, Bankers Insurance Company, Great Western Bank, Houston Casualty Company, United States Specialty Insurance Company, Cox Enterprises, Pulte Corporation, Encino Valley Shopping Center, Assurant Health, Marcus Cable, National Oilwell, Royce Asset Management Group, ARMCO, Arvida/JMB Partners, Americas Aviation Insurance Company, Baltimore Specialty Steels Company, Falcon Cable Systems, Global/AAU Aviation, Tele-Communications, Inc.

Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack: Los Angeles, CA

(1983-1992)

• Partner
• Trial lawyer with focus on aviation, real estate, products liability and legal malpractice defense

Law Offices of Roger W. Clark:

Fort Walton Beach, Florida  (1982-1983)

• Founder and Owner
• Small general practice

Rossman & Baumberger: Miami, Florida

(1980-1982)

• Associate
• Trial lawyer with focus on medical malpractice and railroad litigation

Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl:

Miami, Florida  (1978-1980)

• Associate
• Trial lawyer with focus on medical malpractice and real estate

Teaching Experience

Visiting Professor of Law - Rutgers University (Camden Law School) (2007)

Instructor of Business Law at University of Phoenix (1991-1994)

Instructor of Business Law at Florida International University (1980)

Lecturer for the Institute of Real Estate Managers, Los Angeles Chapter (1995-1999) and contributing author for Institute of Real Estate Management Magazine, Los Angeles Chapter (1997-1999)

Faculty member for CEB program Advanced Negotiations and Settlement Techniques given in San Francisco and Los Angeles

Board Memberships

Founder and Chairman of The Iraida Foundation (1989-present) in Los Angeles, California; a 501c(3) public charity that lends assistance to cancer patients and their families.

Member of the Board of Trustees (2001-present) of Viewpoint School, a non-profit private college preparatory school in Calabasas, California; the Board is responsible for a budget of $18,000,000, providing for the education of 1200 students in grades K-12.

President (1995-2000) and Chairman of the Scholarship Committee (1992-2000) of the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter of Sigma Chi.

Homeowner's Association President, Countryside Estates, Agoura Hills, California (2003-2005).

Member, Board of Vestry, Price of Peace Episcopal Church, Woodland Hills, California (2002-2004).

Broadcasting and Writing Experience

Co-Host of KTLA's Law Business Insider radio program (2005-2007), a syndicated radio program airing in California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Kansas, Wyoming, Texas, New York and Massachusetts: interviewed authors David Baldacci and Michael Connelly, among many others.

Contributing author Los Angeles Lawyer's Magazine(2006) "The Inalienable Right to Fly"

Featured on The Law Business Insider syndicated weekly radio program in which he interviewed bestselling novelists Michael Connelly and David Baldacci.

Featured on KTLK Radio Meet America's Best Lawyers (2005)

Featured speaker on Forbes Radio Channel America's Best Lawyers which ran on American Airlines for the month of October 2005

Featured speaker on Forbes Radio Channel Best of 2005 which ran on United Airlines for the months of January and February of 2006

Producer and writer of weekly radio program You And The Law at WJSB/WAAZ Radio (many programs later appeared as newspaper articles) (1982-1983)

Radio announcer at WJSB/WAAZ Radio (1975-1978)

Author of Perils of the Claims Professional (or why I should have gone to medical school) (1999)

Honors and Achievements

Named "Fellow" of the American Academy of Trial Counsel (2006), an honor bestowed upon only 2,500 attorneys nationwide (less than one percent of practicing attorneys) to recognize excellence among American trial counsel

Named "Super Lawyer" for 2006 and 2007 by the publishers of Law and Politics Magazine: chosen after extensive research by Law and Politics Magazine, including surveying more than 65,000 practicing lawyers in Los Angeles and Orange counties

Judge Pro Tempore: Los Angeles, California (2004-2005)

Rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell: this rating connotes "Highest levels of legal ability . . . and very high adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence."

Preeminent Attorney, Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry - Civil Trial Litigation

Named a Board Certified Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy: this honor requires completion of a  minimum number of trials to verdict, demonstrated proficiency through written examination in trial procedure and evidence and ethics, and recommendation by members of the Bench and Bar before whom the member has tried cases

Appointed to the Board of Examiners for the National Board of Trial Advocacy

Graduate of the Master Advocate's Program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Graduate of the Advanced Teacher Training Program of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Private pilots license (1983)

Admissions to the Bar

Admitted to the State of Florida (1978)

Admitted to the State of California (1983)

Admitted to the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida (1979)

Admitted to the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida (1995)

Admitted to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, United States of America (Atlanta 1982)

Admitted to the United States District Court, Central District of California (1984)

Admitted to the United States District Court, Southern District of California (1995)

Admitted to the United States District Court, Northern District of California (1997)

Admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States of America (San Francisco 1996)

Admitted to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States of America (St. Louis 1985)

Education

Honorable Discharge, United States Air Force Academy (1973)

Florida State University (1975)

• Bachelor of Science degree with major in Multinational Business Operations and minor in Government
• Received degree within three years of high school graduation
• Graduated with honors
• Elected to membership in Beta Gamma Sigma National Honorary Society

Rutgers University School of Law (1978)

• Doctorate of Jurisprudence
• Dean's Scholastic Honorary List

Personal

Married with two children: enjoys sailing, active water and snow skier; enjoys writing for fun and has completed two manuscripts, one fiction (Fortunate Son) and one non-fiction (Rise of the American Philosopher Kings)

Representative Cases

• Represented a pest control company in a trademark dispute with a rival company. In a bench trial that occurred in the United States District Court in Florida, successfully prosecuted a counterclaim in which Mr. Clark established that the rival company had fraudulently procured the disputed trademarks. Mr. Clark obtained a verdict in the amount of $1.6 million in favor of Clark, Goldberg & Madruga's client. In addition, the Court awarded attorneys' fees to our client.
   
• Successfully represented domestic manufacturer of wood bedroom furniture in a products liability case against major supplier of a defective wood stain that caused the furniture to turn shades of red. At the start of trial, negotiated $3,000,000.00 settlement for furniture manufacturer.
   
• Successfully defended cable communications company in a workplace harassment trial. Court directed verdict in favor of Clark, Goldberg & Madruga's client at the conclusion of the presentation of evidence to the jury.
   
• Successfully defended an insurance firm against a multimillion-dollar liability claim arising out of a trucking accident.

[ Up ] [ Roger W. Clark ] [ Robert D. Goldberg ] [ Thomas M. Madruga ] [ Lawrence F. Karp ] [ Phillip J. Kolczynski ]
 

11400 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1150, Los Angeles, CA 90064
310-478-0077   |   Fax 310-478-0099   |   info@clarkgoldberg.com

118 N. Gadsden Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301 | 850-222-1425