Alanna Clair
FAX: 202.496.7756
Experience
Alanna Clair is an associate in the Washington, DC office of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. She is a member of the Litigation Team, where her focus is commercial litigation, law firm defense, and trademark counseling and prosecution matters. She has experience in complex litigation matters, including extensive motions practice, trial preparation and depositions, and appellate briefing.
Ms. Clair has worked on a wide range of commercial litigation actions, from declaratory judgment and patent and trademark invalidity cases to business disputes. Her practice has also included the defense of law firms and professionals against legal malpractice lawsuits. She routinely counsels clients in the development and protection of intellectual property, and prosecutes trademarks on behalf of clients. Ms. Clair additionally has experience litigating trademark infringement cases.
A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Ms. Clair was a Notes Editor, a quarterfinalist in the Campbell Moot Court Competition, and an active member of Michigan’s Criminal Appellate Advocacy clinic. During law school, she worked in the Summer Law Interns Program with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. As an undergraduate at Wellesley College, Ms. Clair was the President of the national champion Mock Trial team.
Ms. Clair’s note on the confrontation rights of the pro se criminal defendant was published in the Michigan Journal of Law Reform in 2009.
Education
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2008
- B.A., Wellesley College, honors in Classical Civilization, 2005
Admitted
- District of Columbia
- Massachusetts
Publications:
- “An Opportunity for Effective Cross-Examination”: Limits on the Confrontation Right of the Pro Se Defendant, 42 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 719 (2009).