Charity Rae Clark (born July 15, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as Vermont Attorney General since January 2023.

Charity Rae Clark^[1] was born in Springfield, Vermont on July 15, 1975.^[2][3] She was raised in Manchester, Vermont^[4][5] and resides in Williston, Vermont.^[6] She is a descendant of Thomas Chittenden, the first governor of Vermont.^[5] Her father, Marshall Clark, owned a supermarket in Londonderry, Vermont.^[5][7] Her mother, Melody MacGinnis Reed, was executive director of the non-profit arts organization Gallery at the VAULT in Springfield.^[7] Clark graduated from Burr and Burton Seminary in 1993.^[5] Her siblings include a twin sister, Chelsea.^[3] She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Vermont in 1997^[8] and served as a policy analyst in the administration of Governor Howard Dean.^[5] She then enrolled at Boston College Law School, earning her Juris Doctor degree in 2005.^[5]

After passing the bar, Clark joined the Burlington, Vermont firm of Downs, Rachlin Martin as an associate attorney.^[9] She later worked in New York City, where she was an attorney with the firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.^[7]

In 2014, William Sorrell, then the attorney general of Vermont, hired Clark as an assistant attorney general.^[10][11] She served as the chief of staff to T. J. Donovan for four years while Donovan served as attorney general.^[12] She resigned in May 2022.^[13]

The week after resigning as Donovan's chief of staff, Clark announced her candidacy for state attorney general in the 2022 Vermont Attorney General election, as Donovan was not seeking reelection.^{[14][lower-alpha 1]} Clark defeated Rory Thibault, the states attorney for Washington County, in the Democratic Party primary election, 58% to 28%.^[17] In the November 8 general election, she faced Republican Mike Tagliavia, a first-time candidate who is not an attorney,^[18] and won the election with 65% of the vote, becoming the first woman ever elected Attorney General of Vermont.^[19][20]

In July 2011, Clark married Robert Lietar, a television producer and documentary filmmaker.^[21] Their ceremony took place at Hildene, the Robert Todd Lincoln home in Manchester, Vermont.^[21] They later divorced, and are the parents of a daughter.^[22]