Claire Coleman has experience in a wide range of civil and white-collar criminal matters.  She has litigated claims of false advertising, patent infringement, securities fraud, OFAC violations, and breach of contract, among other matters.  Prior to joining Brune & Richard, Ms. Coleman was associated with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP for three years.  For one year, she served as the firm's Pro Bono Fellow, litigating federal civil rights claims on behalf of indigent clients.   

From 2003 to 2004, Ms. Coleman served as law clerk to the Honorable Ellen Bree Burns, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut. 

Ms. Coleman graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law in 2003, where she was elected to Order of the Coif.  While in law school, she served as a Note and Comment Editor of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, and was a criminal law teaching assistant.  She was also a summer associate at Jenner & Block LLP, and externed for the Honorable Wayne R. Andersen in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ms. Coleman earned her B.A. in government from Cornell University.  Between college and law school, Ms. Coleman served as a Team Leader for Americorps National Civilian Community Corps. 

Ms. Coleman is a member of the Civil Rights Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.