Tampa personal injury attorney James D. Clark focuses his practice on generalnegligence, medical malpractice, products liability, and mass torts, which includepharmaceutical and medical products. Mr. Clark is a leading Tampa products liability and medical malpractice attorney, and is also the author of the chapter in the Florida Medical Malpractice Handbookentitled “Jury Selection” that is published by the Florida Bar. Notably, Mr. Clarkbriefed and presented oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United Stateson behalf of a client in 1983. The case resulted in a 9-0 decision in favor of hisclient that was written by Justice Sandra Day O'Conner. He has received a number ofawards and honors, including when he was presented in 1996 with the Michael A.Fogarty Memorial "In the Trenches Award, " which is awarded annually to the civiltrial lawyer in Florida's Thirteenth Judicial Circuit for excellence in trialskills and ethical conduct. He was also named 2016 "Lawyer of the Year" inPlaintiff’s Product Liability Litigation in Tampa by Best Lawyers. He waspreviously honored as "Lawyer of the Year" in 2011 in the field of MedicalMalpractice law. He also has been selected annually since 2005 as one of the bestlawyers in America by Best Lawyers. Since it was first published in 1983, BestLawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legalexcellence.