Claire M. Terrebonne

Senior Attorney

Claire represents individuals, businesses, and classes in consumer protection, antitrust, and other complex commercial litigation, and has experience in trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property matters. She is experienced in managing all phases of litigation from case development and investigation to handling discovery, dispositive, and post-trial motion practice to appeals.

Before rejoining Williams Dirks Dameron LLC in 2024, Claire spent over a decade in the public interest sector in various roles at Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) representing thousands of children in child welfare matters. At CASA, in addition to working directly with children and families, Claire managed the legal services department and other program operations, as well as strategic initiatives, organizational planning, and fund development. She is a frequent presenter on all things child welfare law, practice, and policy, and remains actively engaged in community initiatives and dedicated to child welfare practice and systems change through her pro bono work.

Direct: (816) 945-7187

E-mail: cterrebonne@williamsdirks.com

BAR ADMISSIONS & CREDENTIALS

Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Public Leadership Credential (Harvard Kennedy School, 2021)

Child Welfare Law Specialist (National Association of Counsel for Children, American Bar Association, 2016, renewed every three years)

ACTIVITIES & HONORS

Port KC, Commissioner (Mayoral Appointment): 2021 - Present

NexGen Leader, Kansas City Business Journal: 2022

Up & Coming Lawyer, Missouri Lawyers Weekly: 2015

PUBLICATIONS

Terrebonne, C. (Forthcoming). Disrupting the Crossover: Using and Improving Child Welfare Practice as Youth Violence Prevention. To appear in P. Boxer & R. Travis Jr. (Eds), The Future of Youth Violence Prevention: A mixtape for practice, policy, and research. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Terrebonne, C., (Supp. 2021) Chapter 1 - Juvenile Officer, Juvenile Law Deskbook, (MoBarCLE 2011)
Martha Gershun & Claire Terrebonne, Child welfare system interventions on behalf of children and families: Highlighting the role of court appointed special advocates, 48 Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care 215 (2018).

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE

Jackson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (Associate)

EDUCATION

Washburn University School of Law, JD, 2008
George Mason University, BS Economics, 2004