Jim Clark

James Clark (born 1943 in New York) served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alaska during the administration of former Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski. Early life Jim Clark was born in New York in 1943 to Air Force Col. James and Marie Clark. As a child he lived in Anchorage, Alaska - but his family was evacuated during the Korean War. He also lived in Japan and Hawaii during his childhood. Clark received his BA in History, Literature and Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University in 1965, his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 1968 and his LLM in Environmental Law from George Washington University in 1973. JAG Corp Between 1969 and 1973 he served in the JAG Corp of the US Army where he litigated criminal matters in special and general courts martial. He served as Chief of Military Justice in Danang, Vietnam 1971 to 1972. He also served as a staff lawyer on the Peers' Commission, which investigated the My Lai case. Legal work From 1973 to 2002 he worked as an attorney at Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh Law Firm, a firm he eventually led. For his tireless efforts to keep the capitol in Juneau, the Juneau Chamber of Commerce named him person of the year in 1982. He represented the timber industry in Southeast Alaska, and has also been an advocate for public radio and the arts.