Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009 
Chris Clark represents severely injured individuals and families who have lost loved ones because of negligence. Based in Macon, Georgia, and practicing with Clark, Smith & Sizemore LLC, he handles personal injury litigation involving commercial trucking companies, nursing homes, product manufacturers, hospitals, insurance companies and other businesses. Other attorneys and law firms regularly refer substantial and complex personal injury matters to Chris for assistance.
A former officer in the United States Army, Chris graduated summa cum laude from The Citadel, where he received a full ROTC scholarship and a Citadel Development Foundation Scholarship. He earned a degree in Business Administration with a minor in English. After his military service, Chris attended Mercer Law School as the first recipient of the Hank O’Neal Scholarship. He served as an editor of the Mercer Law Review, was a member of the Brainerd Currie Honor Society and graduated with high honors.
Following law school, Chris clerked for the Honorable Jack T. Camp of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He then practiced law in Atlanta before returning to Macon to work with Manley F. Brown and Judge Lamar Sizemore. Chris credits Mr. Brown and Judge Sizemore with providing valuable training and guidance in the practice of law.
Chris is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Chris an AV rating based primarily on professional and ethical conduct. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of personal injury each year since 2009 and has been selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer each year since 2007. In September 2009, the Atlanta Business Chronicle included Chris among the 100 individuals identified for their influence on Atlanta’s legal industry.
Chris served as a Governor for the State Bar of Georgia from 2011 through 2017. He was president of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association from 2009 through 2010, president of the Macon Bar Association from 2008 through 2009 and president of the Middle Georgia Trial Lawyers Association from 1999 through 2000. He received the Traditions of Excellence and Service Award at the 2018 Annual State Bar Meeting and the Guardian of Justice Award at the 2022 Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting.
Chris is a member of the American Association for Justice, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Federal Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Macon Bar Association and the Executive Committee of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a Master in the William A. Bootle Inn of Court in Macon. In September 2019, Chris was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization focused on trial practice, professionalism, ethics and the administration of justice.
For 22 years, Chris served as an adjunct professor at Mercer Law School, where he taught Advanced Legal Writing and Trial Practice to third-year law students.
Chris is a native of Moultrie, Georgia. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Lizzie, and their two sons, John and Robert.
