Jeanine D. Clark

Jeanine Clark began her career with the firm in 2004 and became a partner in 2010. She focuses her practice on civil litigation defense and insurance litigation in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.

Jeanine represents national and regional corporations, businesses and individuals in all aspects of litigation including construction defects, product liability, motor vehicle and trucking, premises liability, employment practices and toxic tort.

Jeanine has defended manufacturing companies, homeowners’/condo associations, property management companies, retail stores, hotels, restaurants, financial institutions, educational facilities, medical facilities, government entities and professionals across industries-architectural, engineering, pharmaceutical and medical. Jeanine’s expertise also includes representing automotive companies and dealerships in complex commercial, warranty, consumer fraud and trade practice litigation.

Jeanine has significant experience handling catastrophic injury matters, from fire and structural collapse to commercial auto and multi-party litigation. Her expertise encompasses complex premises liability, slip and fall, negligent maintenance, defective conditions, negligent security, equipment and machinery accidents and work injuries.

Jeanine handles a variety of insurance claim and coverage disputes including those involving limited tort, limitation on lawsuit, UM/UIM, bad faith and fraud. She also litigates environmental and toxic tort matters in both state and federal courts including benzine, lead, silica and pesticide exposure, as well as asbestos.

Jeanine has lectured extensively to insurance groups, bar associations and defense litigation associations on construction litigation, asbestos, toxic tort and commercial auto litigation. Her articles have also appeared in numerous publications including her most recent article, Litigating Your Civil Case with an Eye Toward Criminal Prosecution, which appeared in CLM Magazine.

Honors

•AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated

Articles & Publications

Trends in Food and Nutritional Law

Speaking Engagements

•“Trial and Error: 50 Mistakes Even Experienced Trial Attorneys Make” National Business Institute, October 2025
•“Expertly Defending Contractors and Design Professionals - All About Experts You Need” ExecuSummit, October 2025 (Uncasville, CT)
•“Ethical Best Practices for Drafting AI and ChatGPT Policies for the Law Firm” & “Diversity, Inclusion, Bias, and Fairness: New Tech, New Ethical Issues” NBI, National Business Institute, July 2025
•“Trial and Error: 50 Mistakes Even Experienced Trial Attorneys Make.” NBI, National Business Institute, June 2025
•“Rideshare Arbitration Clauses: Navigating Passenger Rights and Compensation in Personal Injury Cases,” Strafford/BarBri, June 2025
•“Overcoming Authentication Hurdles for New and Traditional Electronic Evidence” and “Troubleshooting Today’s Chain of Custody and Spoliation Problems,” NBI, May 2025
•“Effective Contracting and Risk Transfer - Using your Contracts as a Sword and Shield” 7th Annual Construction and Design Risk and Claims ExecuSummit, October 2024 (Uncasville, CT)
•“Relieving Pressure: Using the Governmental Contractor and Statute of Repose Defenses to Dig Out from Under Infrastructure Claims” CLM Alliance Construction Conference, September 2024 (Huntington Beach, CA)
•“Ethical Use of Generative AI” National Business Institute, August 2024
•“Bad Faith Claims Handling in Pennsylvania and New Jersey” April 2024
•“Ethics of AI: What can I Do and What Must I Do?” Claims and Litigation Management Alliance’s Annual Conference, April 2024 (San Francisco, CA)
•“Multi-Claims, Multi-Plaintiffs, Multi-Defendants, Multi-Issues and Experts - The Realities of Litigating Defects in and Damage to Condos and Multi-Unit Structures” Burlington County Bar Association, October 2023
•“Looking For Fraud in All the Spaces; Is There Fraud in Your Significant Loss Property Damage Claims?” November 2023 (NYC)
•“Discovery in Complex Litigation” National Business Institute, April 2023
•“Effective use of National Coordinating Counsel in Product Cases,” CLM Product Liability Conference, July 2015 (Irvine, CA)
•“Contractor and First Party Fraud Litigation” CLM Insurance Fraud Conference, November 2013 (Atlanta, GA)
•27th Annual American Conference Institute Bad Faith Litigation Forum, panel speaker
•Claims and Litigation Management Alliance Insurance Fraud Conference, presenter on contractor and first party fraud litigation, Atlanta, GA
•American Conference Institute Conference on Insurance Allocation, presenter, Chicago, IL
•Avoiding the Traps and Perils of Tripartite Relationships, presenter, Tampa, FL
•National Bar Institute, Discovery in Complex Litigation, co-presenter
•Looking For Fraud in All the Spaces; Is There Fraud in Your Significant Loss Property Damage Claims?, presenter, Philadelphia, PA & NYC
•Multi-Claims, Multi-Plaintiffs, Multi-Defendants, Multi-Issues and Experts - The Realities of Litigating Defects in and Damage to Condos and Multi-Unit Structures, co-presenter

Client Testimonials

“What an amazing job you did on this one Jeanine.”

“This was easily the best and most advanced discussion of the use of AI by attorneys that I have ever come across.”

“Great work on the very expedited, and very reasonable agreed settlement outcome!”

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart for an amazing defense.”

“You go Jeanine!! Nice work yet again!!!”

News & Case Results

Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in Legal Malpractice Action

No Cause of Action Verdict in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Accident Case

Summary Judgment for New Jersey Restaurant in Slip and Fall Matter

Jeanine Clark Secures Defense Verdict in Garden State Parkway Auto Accident Trial