Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, Attorneys at Law
Clare Norins
Clare Norins practices in civil litigation with a focus on civil rights and employment law. She handles cases in federal and state court at both trial and appellate levels.
Prior to joining the firm, Clare was a staff attorney at Partnership for Children's Rights (formerly Legal Services for Children), representing children and families in special education and disability benefit proceedings. She has also successfully defended adolescents in juvenile court and served as the Daniel H. Pollitt Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. Clare clerked for the Honorable Michael H. Dolinger in the Southern District of New York.
Practice Areas
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. with highest distinction, 1997), Phi Beta Kappa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D./M.S.W. 2003), Order of the Coif
Bar Admissions
Admitted to bar, 2004, New York; 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Professional Activities
Member: New York County Lawyers Association (vice-chair, Labor Relations and Employment Law Committee, 2008-2010), National Lawyers Guild (executive committee member of NYC Chapter, 2004-2005), National Employment Lawyers Association, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 2004-2007 (member, Committee on Sex and the Law, 2004-2005)
Representative Cases
Castro v. City of New York, 06 Civ. 2253 (E.D.N.Y.) (Trial co-counsel; jury found the NYC Department of Sanitation unlawfully refused to hire plaintiff in retaliation for his having been a named plaintiff in a successful discrimination class action against the NYPD)
Thomas v. City of New York, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61555 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 12, 2008) (Defeated motion for summary judgment on claims arising out of plaintiff's false arrest)
MacNamara, et al. v. City of New York, et al., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82926 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 13, 2006) (Successful motion to compel documents from the City of New York and New York County District Attorney in putative class action on behalf of over 1800 people arrested and detained during the Republican National Convention in New York City in August/September, 2004)
