Claire Housley | Washington, D.C. | Hogan Lovells

Claire Housley

Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment

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Claire Housley
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Claire Housley assists clients in complex legal disputes across a wide range of industries, with a focus on healthcare and other heavily regulated sectors. Claire also maintains an active pro bono practice, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in state and federal courts.

While in law school, Claire practiced as a student attorney in the Administrative Law Issues and Appeals Clinic, where she prepared amicus briefs on constitutional and administrative law issues. She also served as an editor of the Federal Circuit Bar Journal and senior moderator of the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Brief. Claire earned the Jacob Burns Award for excellence in oral advocacy after winning the Van Vleck Moot Court Competition and arguing before a panel headed by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Prior to law school, Claire worked at a major healthcare software company. She leverages this background to deliver strategic counsel to clients in technical and highly regulated industries.

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Credentials

Education
  • Juris Doctor, The George Washington University Law School, High Honors, 2025
  • B.A. Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2020
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • District of Columbia
Court admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit