Claire M. Hankin-Wray
Special Counsel

Claire M. Hankin-Wray counsels and defends insurers and self-insured corporations, employers, commercial property owners, and product manufacturers in a wide range of complex commercial and civil litigation, class actions, reinsurance, professional liability, regulatory, and contract-based matters. She defends clients in state and federal courts throughout New York, and advises them on a national and international scale. Her experience additionally covers general liability claims involving personal injury and property damage, real property and title disputes, and alternative dispute resolution, retail and hospitality, as well as intellectual property and internet law.
Claire’s understanding of internet, media, and intellectual property law is particularly deep. She draws on experience spanning undergraduate internships with MTV Networks’ Music and Media Licensing Department in New York City and MTV Networks Australia’s Business and Legal Affairs department in Sydney; an internship with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society; and a volunteer assistantship with the Internet Bureau of the New York State Office of Attorney General, where she investigated consumer frauds and illegal internet activity and assisted with matters involving the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the Class Action Fairness Act, and data breach notification laws and discovery privileges.
Honors & Awards
New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2020
New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section Diversity Scholarship, 2017
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Education
- Harvard University Law School, J.D., 2013
- Harvard Black Law Students Association Social Justice Committee
- Westlaw: Student Representative
- Harvard International Law Journal: Submissions Reader
- Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Project: Student Advocate
- Georgetown University, B.A., 2008
Professional Affiliations
- Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alumni Alliance
- New York City Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Friends of Cannabis Law Committee
- New York Women’s Bar Association
- Westchester Bar Association
- Cannabis Law Committee
- Tech Law Committee
- NYC and Hudson Valley Cannabis Industry Association
- Legal Resources/Regulatory Committee
Publications & Events
- Profiled in “55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays,” The Harvard Crimson, 2nd ed., 2014
Recent Insights
January 28, 2019
April 9, 2018