Heather Doherty Clark graduated with honors in 1998 from the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was a member of the Maryland Law Review and served as a Notes & Comments Editor. Following graduation from law school, Ms. Clark practiced in the Baltimore office of Goodell, DeVries, Leech and Dann, LLP and then in the Washington D.C. office of Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, where she concentrated her practice in complex environmental insurance coverage litigation. In 2006 and 2007, she clerked for the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Currently, Ms. Clark is a stay-at-home mom who devotes her time to raising her young daughters.