Matthew Christophe Clark
A senior partner focusing on accident, injury, and elder abuse / neglect cases.
Matthew C. Clark is a senior partner with the law firm and a rising star in the Central Valley legal community, and in California.
Matt grew up in Bakersfield, graduating from Garces Memorial High School. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University, before attending law school at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. While in law school, Matt was an active member of the school’s Mock Trial Competition Team. He joined the firm in 2006, after serving as a litigation associate at another local law firm for five years.
Matt focuses on personal injury law, including auto accident, sexual abuse, elder abuse and neglect, wrongful death, and other cases. In 2021, Matt was the lead attorney on a pedestrian accident case involving a truck that settled for $22.1 million, one of the largest settlements in the firm’s history.
Matt gives back to his community in various other ways as well. He served as president of the Board of Directors for Clinica Sierra Vista (until 2017), and also served on the Board of Directors for the San Joaquin Community Hospital Foundation (now known as Adventist Health). He sits on the planning committee for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Kern County’s annual event, Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash, and is a board member on the MADD Kern County Advisory Board. Matt also is a board member for Children’s Advocates Resource Endowment (C.A.R.E.), a nonprofit that raises money for local children’s charities.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
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- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 218784
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Senior Partner
- Chain Cohn Clark
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- Associate Attorney
- Young Wooldridge
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- Loyola Marymount Univ
- Undergraduate Degree
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- McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
- Law Degree
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- Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers Magazine
- 20 Under 40 People to Watch
- Bakersfield Life Magazine
- Pursuit of Justice Award
- MADD California
- Top Attorneys
- Bakersfield Life Magazine
- 'Best of Kern County' Hall of Fame
- Bakersfield Life Magazine
- California State Bar # 218784
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- Chain | Cohn | Stiles featured in Bakersfield Life Magazine as ‘Hall of Fame’ inductee
- Bakersfield Life Magazine
- Chain | Cohn | Stiles settles K-9 dog bite case against County of Kern for record $2 million
- The Bakersfield Californian
- Chain, Cohn, Stiles keeps downtown presence
- The Bakersfield Californian
- Community Voices: Hope for those hurt by nursing-home neglect
- The Bakersfield Californian
- Home and Auto Insurance: How to Protect You and Your Family, Valley Strong Credit Union Workshop
- DUI Crimes, Sunrise Show
- Keeping safe at work in Kern County’s summer sun and adverse air quality, National Safety Month
- Elder Abuse Awareness Month, Elder Abuse Awareness Month
- Chain | Cohn | Stiles attorney Matt Clark speaks on bike safety, video campaign, Studio 17 Live
- Personal Injury
- California State Bar
Bakersfield Tuff (BTuff) Magazine Interview: Attorney Matt Clark and Kern County's oil industry
To say the gas and petroleum industries are important for Kern County is an understatement. In fact, California produces more oil than all but three other states (Texas, North Dakota...
Chain | Cohn | Stiles attorney Matt Clark presents MADD Kern County 2020 “Community Champion” award
Chain | Cohn | Stiles partner and attorney Matt Clark, also a board member for MADD Kern County, joined in recognizing our local community members who are helping in the...
KGET: Matt Clark represents family of woman killed by Kern County Sheriff's Deputy
Chain | Cohn | Stiles attorney Matt Clark represents the family of Nancy Garrett, who was struck and killed by a Kern County Sheriff's deputy while driving in his patrol...
Meet the Attorneys: Matthew C. Clark, Chain | Cohn | Clark
With the help of the Bakersfield based agency Scope Studios, Chain | Cohn | Clark has unveiled 90-second “Meet the Attorneys” videos, aimed to give people of Kern County a...
Meet the Attorneys: Matthew C. Clark, Chain | Cohn | Clark
With the help of the Bakersfield based agency Scope Studios, Chain | Cohn | Clark has unveiled 90-second “Meet the Attorneys” videos, aimed to give people of Kern County a...
Studio 17 Live: Chain | Cohn | Stiles attorney Matt Clark speaks on bike safety, video campaign
Chain | Cohn | Stiles personal injury lawyer Matt Clark joins Studio 17 Live show with Vanessa Dillon to discuss local bicycle safety efforts, including a video campaign focused on...
