Attorney Mary C. Downie Joins Clark Hill PLC, Chicago

CHICAGO, IL

– Clark Hill PLC is proud to announce that Mary C. Downie has joined the firm’s Chicago office, practicing in the Personal Legal Services group. Downie will concentrate her practice in sophisticated estate and tax planning, complex estate and trust administration, advising owners of closely held businesses, tax controversy matters, and estate and trust litigation. Downie was elected in 2009 as a Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, the preeminent organization of trust & estate planning attorneys in the country. She has received an “AV®” Rating from

Martindale-Hubbell

, representing the highest possible rating by her peers in the legal profession, and has been named an

Illinois Super Lawyer

annually since 2010 in the area of Estate Planning & Probate.

Downie is active in her community. She has been a member of the Chicago, Illinois, and American Bar Associations, and has acted as Chair of the Estate & Gift Tax Division of the Federal Tax Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Moreover, she is on the Chicago Estate Planning Council and is a frequent author and lecturer for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

To learn more about Downie and her practice, please go to http://www.clarkhill.com/templateBio.aspx?pageID=75&lawyer;=Downie_Mary_C&lawyerid;=334&type;=1&timekeeperid;=1236.