About Angela M
Angela M Iaria educated in the Midwest and built her early legal resume through a mix of clerkships and internships. She earned a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater in 2004 and finished her J.D. at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 2009. Those years include hands-on experience in courthouse and company settings that formed her trail into personal practice.
While still a scholar, she worked as a law clerk at Godfrey, Leibsle, Blackbourn & Howarth, S.C. and served as a judicial intern for the Walworth County Circuit Court. In 2009 she hung out interning at Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, then joined Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd. as an associate lawyer that same yr. She is admitted to practice in both Wisconsin and Illinois and has remained active in county and local bar activities.
Iaria’s involvement in professional organizations has been steady and visible. She has held more than one leadership roles within the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, serving as treasurer from 2014 to 2017, 0.33 vice chairman in 2017, second vice president in 2018, and primary vice president starting in 2019. At the DuPage County Bar Association she has been a member of the Judiciary Committee since 2016 and joined the Estate Planning and Probate Committee in 2019. Those positions mirror ongoing engagement with colleagues and the local bench.
Her realistic knowledge spans each firm work and court-side publicity. Early clerkships gave her a the front-row view of courtroom process and judicial choice-making. Time at regional firms uncovered her to client practice and case preparation. Since becoming an affiliate at Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., she has carried that blend of courtroom familiarity and transactional practice into every day work.
Colleagues describe her approach as methodical and continuous. She balances attention to detail with an attention of the procedural steps that can matter most in legal proceedings and probate things. Her repeated service on committees tied to estate planning and the judiciary signals sustained interest in the ones regions and ongoing professional development within the local legal community.
She continues to practice at Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., is lively within the DuPage legal network, and her work includes estate planning and estate administration things.
