Athena Clark

Associate

Athena Clark is an attorney at Newland & Newland, LLP, where she focuses her practice on Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Administration. She assists clients in creating comprehensive estate plans, including trusts, wills, and powers of attorney for health care and property.

Growing up in Vernon Hills, Athena is grateful for the opportunity to serve the community she is from. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies from DePaul University and went on to receive her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology. During law school, Athena worked with the C-K Law Group’s Estate Planning and Probate Clinic, providing legal services directly to clients. She later joined Newland & Newland, LLP, as a law clerk, where she gained valuable hands-on experience assisting clients before joining the firm as an attorney.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois State Bar

Memberships and Professional Associations

• Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County
• Lake County Bar Association
• Trust and Estates Committee of the Lake County Bar Assn., Member
• Illinois State Bar Association

Education

• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, J.D.
• DePaul University, B.A. in Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies