Ryan J. Clark

Ryan J. Clark is a partner at Lenox Law Firm where he now focuses on medical malpractice defense and representing and advising school districts in administrative matters while continuing to handle a residual caseload of select family and criminal matters. Mr. Clark strives to provide his clients with highly skilled representation in all aspects of their legal matters, relying on his years of litigation and trial experience.
Mr. Clark practices law because he is driven to help his clients who are often going through times of great adversity. In guiding his clients in their legal matters, he is a compassionate and focused advocate, preferring to take a “proactive” approach to understanding all the facts of his client’s case so that he is able to act strategically and swiftly to protect his client’s best interests.
Mr. Clark is an accomplished litigator with an esteemed reputation in the New Jersey legal community. His adversaries’ recognition of his formidable skill and success in the courts often serves as an important bargaining chip for arriving at a quick and successful out-of-court negotiated settlements for his clients. Should going to trial be necessary, Mr. Clark is a vigorous advocate for his clients. He is adept at identifying and building the strongest possible case, whether that requires working with investigators, expert witnesses, issuing subpoenas or taking depositions of key witnesses.
Mr. Clark’s background in both family and criminal law is an important advantage for any client facing overlapping family and criminal matters, including domestic violence restraining order cases, and companion domestic violence criminal charges. He has litigated for both the plaintiff and the defendant in domestic violence matters. Mr. Clark is also highly skilled in filing marital tort Tevis Claims in divorce proceedings.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Clark was an Assistant District Attorney in Queens County, New York. During his tenure, Mr. Clark was chosen to join the Major Crimes Career Criminal Bureau as a riding ADA where he worked hand in hand with the NYPD on hundreds of investigations which included crimes for endangering the welfare of a child, domestic violence, kidnapping, murder, attempted murder, gun possession, drug possession, and felony assault. His duties as a rider also included advising the NYPD on search and seizure issues and drafting search warrants. Mr. Clark’s unique experience with police investigations provides invaluable experience in preparing his clients’ cases that involve the presence of a police report as a key piece of evidence. Mr. Clark was also assigned to a felony trial bureau where he handled more than a thousand felony cases. His trial experience included directing and cross-examining expert witnesses, skills that he frequently calls upon in his client legal matters that involve expert witnesses.
Mr. Clark received his Juris Doctorate from City University of New York School of Law and is also a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A.). In college, he studied abroad in South Africa where he started a prosecutor’s program to help country’s legal system to prioritize the prosecution of domestic violence crimes. He has also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia.
Born and raised in Freehold New Jersey, Mr. Clark is a proud member of his local community where he resides with his family.