Practicing Law in a Variety of Areas
Attorney Clayton A. Walden is an associate at Taylor Law Offices. Clayton A. Walden graduated from Southern Illinois University in May 2020 and was among the top of his class. Mr. Walden joined Taylor Law Offices immediately after graduation. During law school, Mr. Walden served as the Administrative Editor of the Southern Illinois University Law Journal, the Vice President of the Military Law Society, and as a clerk for the Southern Illinois University’s Civil Practice Clinic, while also finishing his career in the Illinois Army National Guard.
Mr. Walden focuses his practice in the areas of business and commercial law, estate planning and probate, real estate law, municipal law, and general litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Effingham County Bar Association.
Practice Areas
• Business and Commercial Law• Business Organizations
• Estate Planning and Probate
• Real Estate Law
• Landlord & Tenant Law
• Municipal Law
• General Litigation
Education
• Southern Illinois University School of Law, 2020, Summa Cum Laude
- Graduated #3 in his class
- CALI Excellence Award: Contracts I, Lawyering Skills, Torts, Corporations, Criminal Procedure: Pre-Trail, Evidence, Advanced Torts
- Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Administrative Editor
- Certificate in Business & Transactional Law
- Lincoln’s Inn Award
- Phi Delta Phi
- Vice President of Military Law Society
- Deans List
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2016, Summa Cum Laude
- Top of Class CCJ Award
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society
- Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
- Deans List
• Olney Central College, 2014
Bar Admittance
Memberships
• Illinois State Bar Association• Effingham County Bar Association
Clayton Walden
Taylor Law Offices PC
122 East Washington Avenue
Effingham, Illinois, 62401
217-342-3925
walden@taylorlaw.net