Clara Shin

Board Chair

Clara Shin is a litigation partner at Covington. Clara has a wide-ranging complex litigation practice, and she represents clients in trial and appellate courts across the country and before arbitral panels and regulatory bodies. She was the founding co-chair of the firm’s global commercial litigation practice group.

Earlier in her career, Clara served as a White House Fellow and Special Assistant in the White House Office of the Chief of Staff. She also helped to design and launch the AmeriCorps national service program under President Clinton. Clara serves as a trustee of the Rosenberg Foundation and board member of the National Women’s Law Center. She earned her B.A. from Smith College and J.D. from Stanford Law School.