Elizabeth M. Wheaton

Senior Associate

Merrillville Office
233 E. 84th Drive
Suite 301
Merrillville, IN 46410

Liz is an associate at Clark Johnson & Knight, Ltd. She received her Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from Valparaiso University Law School in May 2018. While attending Valparaiso University Law School, Liz served as Executive Managing Editor of the Valparaiso Law Review and Chief Justice of the Moot Court Society. She also participated in the Civil General Practice Clinic at the Law School where she provided free legal services to disadvantaged members of the community and received the Outstanding Clinical Student Award for her work. Liz also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Tim A. Baker in the Southern District of Indiana and the Honorable Philip Simon in the Northern District of Indiana.
Liz was admitted to the Indiana Bar in October 2018 and to the Illinois Bar in November 2019. Liz has been working on cases involving excessive force, jail conditions, false arrest, malicious prosecution, and general liability.

Secured jury award significantly less than Plaintiffs requested where the Town admitted liability in an automobile accident, Michael et. al. v. Town of Schererville
Granted summary judgment on a single-incident Monell claim against the county related to jail condition, Sheppard et. al. v. DeKalb County Sheriff
Granted summary judgment in favor of County and jail officers on a deprivation of medical care claim, Hutchison v. Montgomery County, et al.
Granted summary judgment in favor of defendants on multiple cases based on arguments that the plaintiffs filed to exhaust their administrative remedies under the PLRA