Meet Attorney P. Clark Kattenburg
Clark Kattenburg was born in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 1946, and was raised in Vienna, Virginia. As the son of a U.S. diplomat, he traveled and lived with his family in the Philippine Islands, Frankfurt, West Germany and Georgetown, Guyana, S.A. A 1964 graduate of James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia, Mr. Kattenburg attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1968. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from George Washington University School of Law in 1971.
After graduating from law school, he clerked for a year with the Hon. Paul F. McArdle, a judge who served on the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. He began his trial practice in 1972 in Falls Church, Virginia, joining Richard Mountfort and Henry Furr.
In 1978, he moved his law practice to Fairfax, Virginia, with emphasis on insurance defense law. By the end of the '90s, his practice had shifted to the plaintiff’s side, representing the seriously injured, handling cases involving wrongful death, medical negligence, defective products, premises liability, traumatic brain injury and high-impact motor vehicle/truck collisions.
In 2002, he joined Bob Hall and Chuck Sickels as a partner in their law firm in Reston, Virginia. By 2008, the firm had grown to five partners and six associates, and in 2008, Kattenburg opened his independent law office in Fairfax, which permits him to provide a personalized law practice and to focus on cases that have been of interest to him for some time.
A veteran of nearly 100 jury trials, Mr. Kattenburg has appeared in state and federal courts throughout the Commonwealth. He also represents individuals who get hurt on the job in workers' compensation claims before the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. Over the years, Mr. Kattenburg has acquired a proficiency in the intricacies of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Virginia Tort Claims Act, the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
He has been active in civic and community affairs during his legal career of more than three decades. He is a past president of the University of North Carolina’s local alumni chapter. From 1997 to 1998, he served as president of the Northern Virginia Defense Lawyers Association. He is a past president of the Eudora Civic Association (Vienna, Virginia) and since 1990 has served as head usher of his church. When he is not practicing law in the office or the courtroom, you may find him on a basketball court where he officiates high school varsity basketball.
He is a member of the Fairfax County Bar Association, the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., and the District of Columbia Bar. He is AV®-rated* under Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system.
Mr. Kattenburg has lived in the Northern Virginia since graduating from law school and currently resides in Oakton, Virginia. He is married and the father of two grown sons.
He strongly believes in honesty, sincerity and integrity and remains committed to providing justice for those who are injured because of someone else’s wrongdoing. He welcomes the opportunity to discuss your case.
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