Clare practices in the firm’s litigation section. Their practice encompasses a wide range of complex commercial litigation, including matters involving contract disputes, data privacy matters, health care, insurance coverage disputes, and construction law matters. Clare advises clients across a variety of industries, including life sciences, health care, real estate, and financial services. They also defend clients facing government investigations and whistleblower complaints regarding alleged violations of the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, and other similar state laws.
Clare is also involved with the Construction Litigation practice group, working with clients in the public and private sectors on a range of construction related issues including contract drafting, change order disputes, terminations, and delay claims. They have extensive knowledge of the benefits and setbacks of Integrated Project Delivery. Clare is also involved with the Appellate practice group and has specifically focused their work on methods of appealing interlocutory orders in federal court.
Clare also maintains a robust pro bono practice assisting clients seeking Asylum in the United States. Most recently, Clare drafted two Ninth Circuit amicus briefs (M.D.C.V. v. Barr and Ortiz v. Garland) on behalf of a number of leading immigration organizations. Clare also has successfully extricated multiple clients in ICE custody, and is engaged in the firm’s work with the Lawyer’s Clearinghouse CORI clinic, counseling clients and assisting them with sealing and expunging their criminal records.
While attending law school, Clare was a judicial intern to the Honorable Kimberly S. Budd, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In law school, they served as senior managing editor of the Suffolk University Law Review, a teaching assistant for the first year contracts course, and a research assistant to Professor Jeffrey Lipshaw, who teaches courses in contract and business law. Clare received several scholarships, including the Academic Leadership Scholarship, Carol DiMaiti Scholarship, and Trustee Academic Scholarship. Clare was also secretary of the Women’s Law Association and a member of the Student Bar Association.
Before law school, Clare held two summer internships with a Massachusetts law firm specializing in juvenile and family law. Clare was a Summer Associate at Mintz in 2018.
Clare is fluent in Russian.
viewpoints
Lifesaving Legal Work Gives Migrant Family a New Start
November 28, 2023 | Article
Challenging the Legality of a Cruel Immigration Policy
January 31, 2022 | Alert
"Fuss" Majeure: Lessons from the Early Outbreak of Covid v. Contract Cases
April 24, 2020 | Blog | By Peter Biagetti, Clare Prober, Aaron Fenton
What the COVID-19 Pandemic Means for Force Majeure Provisions
March 13, 2020 | Alert | By Samuel M. Tony Starr, Kaitlyn C. Leonard, Clare Prober
What You Need to Know about Force Majeure in Light of the Coronavirus
March 10, 2020 | Alert | By Samuel M. Tony Starr, Kaitlyn C. Leonard, Clare Prober
Health Care Enforcement Year-in-Review and 2020 Outlook: Civil Fraud Enforcement Developments and Trends
January 21, 2020 | Blog | By Brian Dunphy, Laurence Freedman, Karen Lovitch, Nicole Henry, Clare Prober
News & Press
A Tort Without a Cause: Section 12 of the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance
April 19, 2021
Businesses Break Contracts and Blame Virus. Is Climate Next?
August 6, 2020
Events & Speaking
Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege: Best Practices & Future Trends
6th Annual All Day MCLE La-LAW-palooza
San Diego, CA
Recognition & Awards
Martin Melia Jr. Award (2019)
Best Brief, Legal Practice Skills Section Competition (2017)
Suffolk Jurisprudence Award, Contracts (2017)
Involvement
- Norfolk County Delegate, Mass Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors
- Young Lawyers Division's Access to Justice Liaison, Mass Bar Association
- Committee Member, Mass Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Committee Member, Mass Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Education Committee
- Massachusetts Bar Association Leadership Academy Fellow (2023-2024)