Clare Pennington

Clare focuses her practice on civil and commercial litigation. She has worked on complex business disputes involving a variety of companies, from family businesses to Fortune 500 corporations. Clare has experience in all aspects and phases of litigation including e-discovery, trial preparation, trial, and appeal. She is an experienced case manager who has directed the work of trial teams on some of the firm’s largest cases. Clare’s legal research and writing skills allow her to tackle the most difficult, and often novel, issues faced by the firm’s clients.

Before entering private practice, Clare served as judicial law clerk to the Hon. Nancy E. Rice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Through the clerkship Clare gained valuable research and writing experience as well as exposure to diverse areas of civil and criminal law.

Clare ranked fourth in her graduating class at the University of Colorado School of Law. In law school, she served as an articles editor for the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy. She also won the Rothgerber Moot Court competition. She holds dual undergraduate degrees in political science and philosophy.