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John W. Clark
10 Maxwell Drive
Suite 205
Clifton Park, New York 12065
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John W. Clark is a partner in the firm of DuCharme, Harp & Clark,
LLP in Clifton Park, New York. He is a graduate of Rutgers
College with a degree in Business Administration and
received his Juris Doctor from Wake Forest University School
of Law. He is a retired
Major General having served on active duty in the Air
Force, and thereafter with the Air National Guard and United
States Air Force Reserve. He was the 5th Judge Advocate in
the history of our nation to be promoted to the Two Star
rank within the Air National Guard where he served as the
ANG Assistant to the Judge Advocate General of the United
States Air Force from 2003 to 2006. His civilian practice
areas include Estate Planning, Elder Law, Real Estate, Labor
Law, General corporate practice, and representation of fire
districts and fire departments. He is a member of the Elder
Law and Estate and Trust sections of the New York State Bar
Association and was a founding member and original secretary
for the Elder Law Committee of the Albany County Bar
Association. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder
Law Attorneys and has been a speaker at New York State Bar
Association sponsored seminars on Elder Law, Nursing Home
Discharge Planning, Medicaid Eligibility, Long Term Care
Insurance, Estate Planning, Fair Hearing processes, Advanced
Estate Litigation, and Adult Guardianship proceedings.
Professional Memberships and
Affiliations:
New York State Bar
Association, member of Trusts and
Estates, Labor and Employment, Elder Law,
Real Property and
Probate, and General Practice sections.
Former member of
Special committee on Veterans and Military
Affairs
United States Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals for the
2nd Circuit
U. S. Court of Appeals for the
Armed Forces
U. S. District Court, Northern
District of New York
U. S. District Court, Eastern
District of New York
United States Tax Court
Albany County Bar Association,
founder and first secretary of
Elder Law Section
National Guard Association of
the United States
Militia Association of New
York
Enlisted Association of the
New York National Guard - Life
member
Enlisted Association of
the Air National Guard - Life member
Other Achievements:
Private
Pilot License (single engine, land), 1972
First and only USAF Judge Advocate
directed by The Judge
Advocate General to represent family of a USAF
POW-MIA at a
Change of Status hearing (Lt Col Harold Kahler -
MIA 14 June
1969), 1979
Honorary Life Member, Mohawk Hudson
Valley Humane Society,
1992
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern
New York, Inc., Board
Member and Treasurer, 1992 - 1998, President,
1998-2000
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern
New York, Panel member for
assignment and acceptance of clients for pro bono
representation on various matters including
mortgage
foreclosures, consumer credit issues, wills and
powers of
attorney, and repair shop matters, 1994 - 2004
Secretary/Treasurer and Board
Member, Second Chance
Scholarship Foundation 1989 to 2002, Counsel 1989
to date
Representative Clients: The College of Saint Rose,
Adirondack Beverages Corp., St. Catherines Center for
Children, B. Lodge & Co., Midway Fire District, West Albany
Fire District, Stanford Heights Fire District, Niskayuna
Fire District No. 2, Schuyler Heights Fire District, Fuller
Road Fire Department, Latham Fire Department, Shaker-Road
Loudonville Fire Department.
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