Dan Clark

Dan Clark is the Chief Deputy for the Mainstream Criminal Division of the King County Prosecutor’s Office, in Seattle, Washington.  Dan joined the office in 1996 after graduating from UCLA Law School and Tufts University. 

In his time at the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Dan has served as a trial attorney in various units including District Court, Juvenile, Narcotics, Domestic Violence, and Violent Crimes.  Dan also served nearly 4 years in the Appellate Unit arguing cases before the Court of Appeals and the Washington State Supreme Court.  In 2007, Dan spearheaded a committee to draft the first written Brady protocol for the King County Prosecutor’s Office.  Dan has chaired the Brady/Potential Impeachment Disclosure (PID) Committee ever since.  Dan has served as a supervisor since 2002, serving first as the Chair of the Narcotics Unit, and then the Chair of the Violent and Economic Crimes Unit.  For 13 years Dan served as the Managing Attorney at the office’s Kent office and the Assistant Chief of the Criminal Division.  Dan was promoted to Chief Deputy in December 2019, and now serves as the Chief Deputy of the Mainstream Criminal Division.