Top Rated Estate Planning & Probate Attorney in Frederick, MD

Attorney Lena Clark is the founder and owner of the Law Office of Lena Clark, LLC, in Frederick, Maryland. A nationally ranked and award-winning attorney with more than eight years of total legal experience, Ms. Clark provides unmatched counsel and support to clients throughout Frederick County and the surrounding areas of the Washington, D.C., metro region who have legal needs involving any of the following:

·        Estate Planning, including Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Advance Medical Directives

·        Estate, Trust administration and Probate

·        Elder law

·        Guardianships

·        Special Needs Planning

·        Asset Protection Planning

·        Estate, inheritance and gift tax preparation  

Over the course of her legal career, Ms. Clark has achieved considerable success helping her clients make the best-informed decisions regarding their final wishes, and she has assisted numerous clients with creating lasting legacies for their heirs and loved ones.

A compassionate and personable lawyer, attorney Clark works closely with clients to help them achieve their goals and the positive results they seek as efficiently and she finds great reward in being able to help so many in her community with some of the most important but difficult decisions they will ever have to make.

Honored for her impeccable professionalism and superior client service, Ms. Clark has earned a Top 40 Under 40 designation from the National Advocates as well as many other consistent top rankings and endorsements from her peers. She has received the Platinum Client Champion Award from Martindale-Hubbell, and she has received Superb, 10 out of 10 client ratings on Avvo as well as the site's Clients' Choice Award for Estate Planning.

A 2005 graduate of George Mason University, Ms. Clark obtained her Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law in 2011. She is licensed to practice in Maryland and Virginia as well as the District of Columbia.

A leader in her field and legal community, Ms. Clark has several publications to her credit, and she has conducted lectures and continuing legal education seminars across her region on a variety of legal topics. She also serves on the board of directors of the Frederick Estate Planning Council, and she is a Leadership Academy fellow with the Maryland State Bar Association. She also a member of many other local, state and national legal organizations, and she serves on various committees in those organizations.

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