Gen. Dave Clark was born and reared in Anderson County. He practiced law in Nashville for four years before returning home to open a private practice firm in 1993. Gen. Clark served in the American, Tennessee and Anderson County Bar associations and is admitted to and has practiced before all the Tennessee State and Federal Courts as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has served as a Special Judge and held the elected position of Anderson County Attorney, having been elected in 1998 and again in 2002.

Gen. Clark was elected District Attorney General for the 7th District of Tennessee in 2006 and again in 2014. In 2019–20 he served as the president of the District Attorneys General Conference.