WESLEY CLARK
FIRM PARTNER & ATTORNEY AT LAW
Wesley Clark, a native of Jamestown, Tennessee, is a partner at Brazil Clark, PLLC and a nationally recognized civil rights and complex litigation attorney. He graduated cum laude from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in Political Science before earning his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University.
Wesley began his career in 2013 representing juveniles and adults in criminal cases, earning a place on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and being named a “Rising Star” in 2016. Early in his practice, he witnessed repeated violations of clients’ constitutional rights, which led him to refocus his practice on federal civil rights litigation. His advocacy in landmark class actions such as Geerts v. Rutherford County and Doe v. Hommrich secured injunctions that ended unlawful solitary confinement and detention of juveniles in Rutherford County. His work is prominently featured in The Kids of Rutherford County, an internationally renowned investigative podcast produced by Serial Productions, The New York Times, ProPublica, and Nashville Public Radio that won a George Polk Award for investigative excellence in 2024.
Since co-founding Brazil Clark in 2017, Wesley has secured multimillion dollar recoveries for clients in civil rights cases involving illegal arrests, unlawful searches and seizures, excessive force, due process violations, and other forms of government misconduct. Among these was his representation Hall v. City of La Vergne, et al in a high-profile federal civil rights suit which drew national attention for its exposure of systemic abuse within the department and concluded with a favorable outcome.
In addition to his civil rights practice, Wesley has developed a strong focus in complex emergency conservatorship matters, regularly representing families seeking to protect vulnerable loved ones, including adult children facing serious mental health or substance abuse challenges. He has also achieved significant results in business disputes, fiduciary litigation, anti-cybersquatting actions, and complex family law matters. His recent appellate case victories have set the legal standards for civil conspiracy, limitations on government authority under the open fields doctrine, and spoliation of evidence. Known for his strategic insight and courtroom skill, Wesley applies the same precision and determination that have defined his civil rights successes to a broad range of high-stakes litigation.