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.
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