Claudia Cornelison

Overview

Claudia is a litigation associate at Watstein Terepka. Before joining the firm, she practiced at a global law firm in Atlanta, where she worked on commercial litigation matters and internal investigations.

Throughout her legal career, Claudia has made substantial contributions to federal pro bono litigation, including drafting habeas petitions and related briefings in three immigration detention cases that resulted in her clients’ release. She also assisted in preparing for oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a federal habeas case.

In law school, Claudia served as Executive Editor of the Emory Law Supreme Court Advocacy Program, where she led a team in drafting an amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. She also competed on Emory’s Jessup International Moot Court Team, which finished among the top 16 teams worldwide two years in a row. Additionally, Claudia served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Catherine M. Salinas of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Claudia graduated with high honors from Emory University School of Law, where she ranked in the top five percent of her class and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. She earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Georgia State University.