Judge Lisa Clark was elected to the bench in the Twelfth Family Court Circuit (McDowell and Mercer Counties) in 2008 and re-elected in 2016 and 2024. She served as the McDowell County Juvenile Drug Court Judge (2012-2018) and the West Virginia Family Court Association Secretary (2011-2022).  

Judge Clark was born and raised in Raleigh County. She has a 1987 bachelor’s degree in political science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a 1990 law degree from the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University.

Before taking the bench, Judge Clark practiced law at Stone, McGhee, Feuchtenberger and Barringer (1990-1995); the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement (1995-1999); and Gibson, Lefler & Associates (1999-2008).

She is the Black Diamond Hokie Club president, a member of the Rotary Club of Peterstown, and assistant governor for Rotary District 7545. She is a former member of the Boards of Directors of the Bluefield Salvation Army and the Virginia Tech Athletic Fund. She is a former member of the Governor’s Access to Justice Committee and a former McDowell County Law Day Honoree.