Robert Clarke, Attorney

Robert Alton Clarke has a passion for helping people that can’t work due to a disability and those who have been wrongfully injured.

While in law school, Robert had the unique opportunity of trying two cases as an intern for the prosecutor’s office. The two cases he tried, one a murder as 2nd chair and one a robbery as 1st chair, resulted in convictions on all counts. Also while in law school Robert was a Research Editor and Board Member of the legal research journal The Urban Lawyer: The National Quarterly on State and Local Government Law and has a case note, Hernandez v. City of Hanford, 39 Urb. Law. 1055 (2007), published in the same. Robert was recognized in law school for his commitment to public service for volunteering his time to Legal Aid of Western Missouri and the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.

After law school, Robert served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Bob Beaird in the Jackson County Circuit Court experiencing and learning the judicial system from the inside.

Robert brought his practical experience in the Jackson County legal system to his own practice where he practices personal injury law, workers compensation and disability law, representing claimants before the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Robert is admitted to practice law in the State of Missouri, the State of Kansas, the federal District of Kansas and the federal Western District of Missouri. Robert is an U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs accredited attorney.

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law	J.D., Law	Law School	2009
University of Missouri	B.S.	Public Policy and Administration	2006

State / Court	Date
Kansas	2010
Missouri	2009

• Staff, Research Editor & Board Member, The Urban Lawyer: The National Quarterly on State and Local Government, 2007–2009
  
  Eastern Jackson County Bar Association         
  
  Episcopal Church of the Resurrection         
  
  Kansas Bar Association         
  
  Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association         
  
  Missouri Bar         
  
  National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives         
  
  Pi Sigma Alpha         
  
  Sigma Pi

• Pro Bono / Public Service Award, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, 2009
  
  Richard Sprinkle Scholarship for Professionalism and Ethics, The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company, 2008

• Case Note Hernandez v. City of Hanford, 39 Urb. Law. 1055 (2007), The Urban Lawyer, 2007

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