Claire Specht focuses her practice on complex litigation matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Specht clerked for the Honorable Margot Botsford of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. During law school, she was a summer associate at WilmerHale and an intern for the Honorable F. Dennis Saylor IV of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where she researched and drafted opinions on Social Security appeals, federal telecommunications law, and other matters. She also served as an articles editor for the Boston College Law Review and published a Note examining the constitutionality of service of process via text messaging.

Before law school, Ms. Specht was a legal intern at EMC Corporation.

Recognition

  • Named to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers list in 2022 in the area of Intellectual Property Rights.
  • Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for intellectual property litigation (2021–2024) and commercial litigation (2023–2024). 

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Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, Boston College Law School, 2013

      magna cum laude Order of the Coif, Articles Editor, Boston College Law Review
    • BA, Psychology, Boston College, 2010

      summa cum laude
  • Admissions

    • Massachusetts

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Margot Botsford, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2013 - 2014

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