Christopher Clark is Senior Counsel and Pro Bono Relationships Director for Lambda Legal, the nation’s oldest and largest legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. He manages Lambda Legal’s program of strategic collaboration with attorneys and law firms who serve as pro bono counsel to support the organization’s impact litigation, legislative lawyering, and legal education programs. He also oversees Lambda Legal’s mentoring program for members of the legal department.

Prior to rejoining Lambda Legal in 2024, Christopher worked for four years at Earthjustice, the nation’s largest nonprofit legal organization dedicated to protecting the environment and combatting climate change. At Earthjustice, he helped to create a new legal team focused on advancing the organization’s mission in the Midwest. During his tenure, he represented federally recognized tribes and indigenous communities in Michigan and Wisconsin in their efforts to protect magnificent natural resources and threatened species.

From 2018 to 2020, Christopher served as the Chief Executive Officer of TPAN, a Chicago-based social service agency that provides lifesaving services and education to people living with HIV. Under his leadership, the organization revamped its strategic plan to strengthen its fundraising and communications efforts, and implemented an innovative new program designed to meet the needs of the organization’s older clients.

From 2007 to 2018, Christopher worked at Lambda Legal, first as Senior Counsel and then as the Midwest Regional Director. He collaborated with colleagues and outside partners on cases involving many of Lambda Legal’s priority areas, including marriage equality and relationship recognition, transgender rights, HIV criminalization, parenting, free speech in schools, and employment discrimination. He successfully argued cases before five different state supreme courts in the Midwest region (Turner v White, In the Matter of L.K.M., Rhoades v Iowa, Appling v Doyle, and A.H. v. W.R.L.). He also served as the organization’s strategist for its work on behalf of LGBTQ+ students.

Christopher obtained his undergraduate degree in Public and International Affairs form Princeton University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He lives in Chicago with his husband, Victor.