About Andrew Clarke
Andrew C. Clarke is an Attorney at Greer Injury Lawyers, PLLC, with 33 years of experience as a plaintiff's lawyer specializing in civil rights cases.
Clarke earned his Juris Doctor from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis in May 1992 and his Bachelor of Arts in History from Davidson College in May 1988. He also holds a Master's in Criminal Justice from Florida International University (August 1989). He is admitted to the State Bars of Tennessee (1992), Mississippi (1993), and Arkansas (1995).
Clarke has handled car and trucking wrecks, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, negligent security, employment law, police misconduct, and civil rights cases. He appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court in Scott v. Harris, 127 S.Ct. 1769, and his early work addressing police hog-tie practices resulted in bans by the Memphis Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff's Department. He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and served on the National Police Accountability Project board (2001-2007).
Proven verdicts and settlements at Greer Injury Lawyers
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A Shelby County jury found two Regional One obstetric physicians negligently delayed a C-section through a prolonged labor, leaving a first-time mother's newborn with a brain injury and lifelong disability, and returned a $38,816,500 verdict.
A Marion County jury awarded $9.4 million after a Cracker Barrel waitress refilled a customer's glass with a mix of water and commercial bleach instead of ice water.
A Shelby County jury awarded tanker driver Donriel Borne $3,705,000 after a Celadon tractor-trailer rear-ended him in stopped construction-zone traffic on Interstate 55, and the case later set the standard Tennessee appellate courts use to review a reduced verdict.
After State Farm denied uninsured-motorist coverage and defended the driver who caused the crash, a Memphis jury held him 85 percent at fault for the collision that killed Kathryn Sadowski and injured her 90-year-old husband, Emil.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.