Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig clarecountylaw.com. NS
Answer
clarecountylaw.com. 5 NS ns1.clarecountylaw.com.
clarecountylaw.com. 5 NS ns2.clarecountylaw.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.clarecountylaw.com. 5 A 72.18.198.88
ns2.clarecountylaw.com. 5 A 69.197.183.76
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0