
Career Highlights: Appointed to the Kern County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2010; partner, Arrache Clarke & Potter, Bakersfield, 1985-2010; partner, Rudnick Arrache & Clark, Bakersfield; 1978-85; deputy district attorney, Kern County, 1975-78; in-house counsel, Income Equities Corp., Beverly Hills, 1973-75
Law School: USC Gould School of Law
By Blake Edwards
Daily Journal Staff Writer
BAKERSFIELD - Superior Court Judge Thomas S. Clark is a man of many certainties. He was certain, for example, he wanted to be an attorney when he was in the seventh grade. Clark said his mother, who was a legal secretary, pushed him toward the legal world from a young age.
"From the earliest days, I can remember her encouraging me to go to law school," Clark said. "To her, being a lawyer, and mor... (continued)