Lara Ortega Clark is a general liability defense attorney practicing in Georgia. Her practice focuses on transportation matters, including trucking and rideshare litigation. She is also practices in the areas of premises liability, negligent security, personal injury and wrongful death on behalf of businesses, insurance carriers and third-party administrators. Lara has successfully litigated matters in state and federal courts throughout Georgia.

Lara is committed to providing her clients with comprehensive and business-minded legal advice to remain cost-effective and minimize risk. Lara is able to provide aggressive and creative approaches to litigation thanks to her background both as an NCAA Division III Nationals-qualifying swimmer, as well as her work as a freelance professional cellist, including recording a studio album with a Billboard Top 10 artist. As a proud Colombian, Lara is able to converse with Spanish-speaking parties and clients which provides additional benefit to the businesses she represents.

Before joining Chartwell Law, Lara practiced general liability matters for an Atlanta-based law firm.

‍PRACTICE AREAS
General Liability and Casualty Defense

Transportation Litigation

Rideshare Litigation

ADMISSIONS
Georgia

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

EDUCATION
University of Georgia School of LawJ.D., 2012
Emory UniversityB.A., 2009