Mark Clark is counsel in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department and brings a rare combination of litigation-tested legal skills and 20 years of real-world perspective as in-house counsel and General Counsel at JD Finish Line, one of the nation’s largest athletic specialty retailers. That experience — managing a workforce of more than 15,000 employees across nearly every state, overseeing a 12-person legal team, and serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and the board — gives Mark an immediate, practical understanding of the challenges retail and consumer-facing companies face every day.
Mark began his career as a Labor and Employment associate at Barnes & Thornburg, where he spent five years representing employers before joining JD Finish Line. Over the next two decades, he rose to General Counsel, building and leading the company’s entire legal function and, for five years, its HR organization as well. He returned to Barnes & Thornburg following the completion of JD Sports’ integration of its North American operations, bringing the perspective of a client who sat on the other side of the table.
Credentials
Education
- Washburn University School of Law, J.D.
- Indiana University, B.A., History and English
Bar Admissions
- Indiana