Athena Clark

Athena Clark is an associate attorney at Newland & Newland, LLP, focusing on estate planning, probate, and trust administration. She helps individuals and families prepare legal documents that express their wishes for property and decision-making. Her work includes wills, trusts, and powers of attorney for health care and property. Athena works with clients considering how to organize their affairs during life and how assets and responsibilities should be handled afterward.

Athena earned a B.A. in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies from DePaul University. She received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology. During law school, she worked with the C-K Law Group’s Estate Planning and Probate Clinic, providing legal services directly to clients. This clinical work offered experience applying estate planning principles to individual needs before she entered practice as an attorney.

Athena joined Newland & Newland, LLP, as a law clerk before becoming an attorney with the firm. Her practice encompasses estate plans and the administration of estates and trusts, requiring attention to legal documents, property, and the responsibilities of people serving in fiduciary roles. She assists clients with planning tools such as wills, trusts, and powers of attorney that are used to address decision-making authority and the future transfer of assets.

Athena Clark is admitted to the Illinois bar and belongs to the Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County, Lake County Bar Association, and Illinois State Bar Association. She also serves on the Lake County Bar Association’s Trusts and Estates Committee. Her combination of clinical legal training and estate practice helps her explain planning options to clients and assist with documents that reflect their needs and intentions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Newland & Newland, LLP
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Member, Trust and Estates Committee of the Lake County Bar Association
• Member, Lake County Bar Association
• Member, Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County

Licensed State

• Illinois

Education

• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• DePaul University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies

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