Claire Powers | FA:IR Law Project | Staff Attorney
Claire was born and raised in Eugene, Oregon. After graduating from Middlebury College in Vermont, she worked for both public and private criminal defense offices in New York City and Seattle. Having discovered a passion for defense work, and aspiring to advocate for her fellow Oregonians, she returned to Eugene to attend the University of Oregon School of Law. As a law student, she worked for the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon, the Metropolitan Public Defenders, and the Oregon Innocence Project. After graduation, she served as a judicial law clerk to Chief Judge Marco Hernández at the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Claire now works as a staff attorney for the Oregon Innocence Project’s Wrongful Conviction Review Program and as a staff attorney for our FA:IR Law Project.
JD, University of Oregon School of Law, Order of the Coif, 2018
BA, Middlebury College, magna cum laude, 2012