Matthew Clarke | Prosper Litigation Lawyer

Matthew Clarke is a seasoned trial attorney, who has practiced civil litigation since 1996. He leads the firm’s litigation department. He has expertise in wrongful termination, lender liability, construction defect and complex civil litigation and has achieved more than $100 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients. Additionally, Mr. Clarke has defended his clients in a wide variety of civil disputes.  Mr. Clarke has handled insurance “bad faith” and coverage disputes, construction defect (plaintiffs and defendants), business litigation, lender liability, intellectual property, product liability, and other complex litigation matters.

Mr. Clarke was previously a partner at Cappello & Noel, one of the nation’s foremost complex commercial litigation firms, in Santa Barbara, California.

Mr. Clarke’s longest trial lasted 11 months and resulted in a multi-million dollar judgment in a construction defect case. He has also tried cases for plaintiffs and defendants involving catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, legal malpractice, accounting malpractice, real estate transactions, investments and intellectual property. This includes a jury verdict of more than $40 million against defendants represented by a major international law firm and a wrongful death jury verdict of $16 million in compensatory damages and $2.3 in punitive damages.

Finally, Mr. Clarke has extensive experience advising and counseling businesses, large and small, in the full range of legal issues businesses regularly face. In this regard, the emphasis is always risk management and cost effective solutions to difficult problems.

In 2009 and in 2010, Mr. Clarke was selected a “Super Lawyer Rising Star” – recognized as one of the best attorneys under age 40. Mr. Clarke highly rated on attorney rating website AVVO.

Mr. Clarke has been an active member of the Santa Barbara County Bar Association and served for several years on the Executive Committee.   He was a regular contributor to the Santa Barbara Lawyer Magazine, writing articles on various legal topics.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Shareholder | Attorney	Kelley Clarke PLLC	Prosper, TX	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Northwestern University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1996
Willamette University	Bachelors		1992

State / Court	Date
Texas	2009
California	1996

• State Bar of California | Member
  State Bar of Texas | Member
  Santa Barbara County Bar Association | Member
  Santa Barbara County Bar Association | President-Elect for 2015 | 2010 - 2013

• Super Lawyer Rising Star - Best Lawyers Under 40 | Super Lawyers | 2009

• El Escorial Owners’ Association v. DLC Plastering, Inc., (2007) 154 Cal. App. 4th 1337 Lazy Acres Market, Inc. v. Tseng (2007) 152 Cal. App. 4th 1431 Strauss v. Sheffield Ins. Corp., (2008) 281 Fed.Appx. 656, 2008 WL 2229817 Gottesman v. Cathedral Oaks Tennis, Swim & Athletic Club, Inc. (2008) 2008 WL 4073392 McDermott v. Ampersand Pub., LLC (9th Cir. 2010) 593 F.3d 950 Willig v. Mammoth Mountain Ski Area (2010) 2010 WL 302436, as modified on denial of reh’g Goldberg v. Coggins Company (2013) 2013 WL 4743104 Colavincenzo v. Aloha Pool & Spa (2014) 2014 WL 6657444 Colavincenzo v. Corby Gould Pools, Inc. (2014) 2014 WL 6657552 Kelley v. Los Angeles Transition Center (2015) 2015 WL 3658153 Roman Catholic Bishop of Monterey v. Cota (9th Cir. 2018) 711 Fed.Appx. 428 Deedle v. Collectors Universe, Inc. (2017) 2017 WL 6379941, review denied Mueller v. Collectors Universe, Inc. (2017) 2017 WL 6379940, review denied State Dept. of Social Services v. Marin (2019) 34 Cal.App.5th 328

• Santa Barbara Lawyer | Traveling In Colombia | 2013
  Santa Barbara Lawyer  |The California Court of Appeal Chips Away at the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, et ux. | 2011
  Santa Barbara Lawyer | Attorneys May Include Binding Arbitration Provisions in Retainer Agreements – Attorneys Should (but are not obligated to) Explain the Terms to “Sophisticated” Clients | 2011
  Santa Barbara Lawyer | The Court of Appeal Denies Attorney Fees to a Law Firm Litigant Represented by its own Associate | 2011
  Santa Barbara Lawyer | Provisional Remedies in a Wave of Foreclosures | 2011
  Santa Barbara Lawyer | Santa Barbara’s Federal Court | 2010

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