New appointment will be sworn in in August
Attorney-General David Parker has announced the appointment of David Clark as a judge of the District Court of Auckland. He will be sworn in on 16 August.
Clark is a partner at Wilson McKay, which he joined in 1989 as a solicitor when it was still known as Wilson Wright and Co. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk and solicitor at Hesketh Henry.
Clark specialises in civil and commercial litigation, handling contractual and property disputes, construction matters, insolvency regulatory compliance, and public law.
He is also a leading commercial mediator with panel memberships with the Arbitrators & Mediators Institute of New Zealand Inc (AMINZ), Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (WHRS), the New Zealand Disputes Resolution Service, and the International Court of Arbitration – Sport.
His tribunal affiliations are Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Hāua (Taumarunui).
