Ritchie Clark received his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1970.  He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University in 1973.  Mr. Clark was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers Society in 1974 and was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 1975.  Mr. Clark was designated a Queen’s Counsel in 1998. Since his call to the bar, Mr. Clark has practiced exclusively as counsel, appearing frequently in all levels of the Courts of the Province of British Columbia, in the Federal Court Trial Division and the Court of Appeal, the Provincial, Supreme or Divisional Courts of Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario and before the Supreme Court of Canada.  Mr. Clark has also appeared before an extensive range of regulatory tribunals, inquiry commissions and discipline panels. Over the course of his career, Mr. Clark has pleaded numerous cases in all areas of the law - civil, criminal and administrative - with some considerable degree of emphasis on commercial matters.  Mr. Clark is well versed in both trial and appellate administrative law.  Mr. Clark has latterly developed a particular expertise and reputation as insolvency counsel and has been involved in numerous well-known and seminal cases involving recognization legislation, although his practice remains that of general trial, appellate, and chambers counsel. Mr. Clark is married with four children and is actively involved in a variety of community activities. Mr. Clark served as a Director of the Vancouver Bar Association 1981-1982.  Mr. Clark is currently a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association and the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia. E-Mail Mr. Clark