Christine Clemens - Providence, RI

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, California, 2003
    B.A.
    Major: French and Political Science
  • Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 2008
    Masters in Public Policy

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Attorney

Past Positions

• Public Counsel in Los Angeles, Staff Attorney, 2008 - 2012
• Veterans’ Services Group at Finkelstein and Partners, LLP in New York, Managing Attorney and Pro Bono Coordinator, 2012 - 2019

Pro Bono Activities

• Veterans Rebuilding Life
• Connecticut Veterans Legal Services Program
• Legal Services NYC
• Veterans Pro Bono Consortium
• National Organization of Veterans Advocates (NOVA)

Bar Admissions

• California
• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States of America

Other Affiliations

• CAVC Committee on Admission and Practice, 2018 - Present
• CAVC Bar Association (Member)
• New York State Bar Association Committee on Veterans, 2013 - 2019 (Member)
• Amicus briefs to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• NOVA (Sustaining Member)
• NOVA, Regulation Comment Committee
• NOVA, Amicus and Litigation Committee (Co-Chair)
• NOVA, 2019 - Present (Board of Directors)
• NOVA (Secretary)