I have practiced Immigration Law for over 30 years.  I obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Fordham University, and a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law. I was selected as a United States Department of Justice Honors Graduate.  My first legal position was with the United States Justice Department in Chicago as a General Attorney for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

I subsequently worked for the United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation in Washington, D.C. There I authored appellate briefs and argued cases before the various United States Courts of Appeals, nationwide. 

In 1986, I began working as a Special Assistant for Immigration at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. I was responsible for the prosecution and defense of all cases arising under the Immigration and Nationality Act. I was subsequently appointed to the Immigration Bench. However, I turned the appointment down and  founded Clarke & Associates. The practice deals with the full range of immigration and consular law.

Since entering private practice, I have defended a number of cases which have garnered the attention of the national media.  In 2000, the Board of Immigration Appeals published one of my asylum cases, a precedent decision. In 2009, I won two extensively and arduously fought removal cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. During 2014, my office defended and won a number of complex cases, including identifying as a United States Citizen, and compelling the release of, a Jamaican national, held by ICE for 5 ½ months for imminent removal from the U.S.