Lucas A. Clark, IV is a lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area and a Partner at MMD&C. Luke attended high school at The Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and he subsequently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts Dual Major in Business and Political Science. During college, in addition to his membership in the Pre-Law Society and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Luke worked for the County of Delaware in various law-related capacities.
Luke received his Juris Doctor from the Widener University School of Law, where he attended classes at night while being employed full-time at MMD&C throughout his law school career as the law clerk responsible for assisting with a variety of different types of litigation, particularly those related to family/matrimonial law.
Luke joined the firm as an associate in 2009, concentrating in family/matrimonial law matters including divorce, custody, support, protection from abuse, name changes, dependency matters, adoptions and termination of parental rights. He also handles prenuptial, postnuptial, property/marital settlement and cohabitation agreements. Luke is the head of MMD&C’s family/matrimonial law division, where he focuses on the litigation side, and he runs the division along with Robyn Musi, Esquire, who focuses on the mediation/alternative dispute resolution side. Luke has vast experience in the Courts of Common Pleas of the Southeastern Pennsylvania area, as well as the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Luke also handles all types of civil and criminal actions associated with family/matrimonial matters, including indirect criminal contempt charges, partitions and personal property issues between former romantic couples.
Luke is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania state trial and appellate courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Luke formerly served as the Chairperson of the Family Law Section of the Delaware County Bar Association, and he has served as an instructor for both the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the Delaware County Bar Association for continuing legal education courses focusing on different family/matrimonial law matters. Luke also serves as a Court-appointed Special Hearing Officer in divorce cases with regard to date of separation and other divorce grounds issues.
Luke lives with his wife, Brittany, and their four children in Wayne, where he was politically active. Luke formerly served as an appointed member of Radnor Township’s Parks & Recreation Board during which time he also served as the Board’s liaison to the Environmental Advisory Council as well as the Shade Tree Commission. Luke also served one term as the elected Ward 3 Commissioner for Radnor Township, which covers St. Davids, South Wayne, and Villanova.