Although she was born in Seattle, Washington, attorney Rachel Clarke grew up in Eagle Rock. After college in northern California, she returned to Seattle, where she lived until moving to Connecticut for law school. Between those years, attorney Clarke cultivated her passion for travel, traveling through South America, Central America, Europe, and Asia.

Attorney Clarke has a bachelor’s of arts degree in French and Psychology from Humboldt State University.  She received her law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law where she was an associate editor on the Connecticut Journal of International Law and president of the law fraternity Phi Alpha Delta.  Rachel returned to Los Angeles in 2006 and now practices in Pasadena with Fierstadt & Mans, with an emphasis in estate planning and administration, probate, and civil litigation.