Exhibit 31.1

# CERTIFICATIONS

I, Edwin L. Adler, certify that:

|1. | I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Clarkston Financial
          Corporation;
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|2. | Based
on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue           statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make           the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements           were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
          report;
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|3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
          included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the
          financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
          of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
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|4. | The
registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
          Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:
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| | (a) | Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
               controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that                material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated                subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly                during the period in which this quarterly report is
being prepared;
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| | (b) | Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
               control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
               provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting                and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance                with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | (c) | Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
               procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness                of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
the period covered                by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | (d) | Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants internal control                over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent
               fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
               materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial
               reporting; and ;
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|5. | The
registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on           our
most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to the
          registrants auditors and the audit committee of registrants board
of           directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | (a) | All
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control over
               financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
               registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial                information; and
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| | (b) | Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
               who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over
               financial reporting.
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Date: May 15, 2006

| |  | /s/ Edwin L. Adler
Edwin L. AdlerChief Executive Officer
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