Claire Bosarge Curwick joined Burns Charest in 2021 after graduating from Tulane University Law School, where she served as Senior Articles Editor for Tulane’s Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property and completed externships with the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo and the Honorable Susie Morgan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
In 2020, Claire was admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as a registered patent agent. During law school, Claire represented inventors and entrepreneurs before the USPTO as a student practitioner in Tulane’s Patent Lab and Trademark Lab.
Prior to law school, Claire obtained her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, with an emphasis in Manufacturing, from the University of Mississippi. Upon graduating, Claire was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi for ranking in the top 10% of her university’s graduating class.
Education
Tulane University Law School, J.D., 2021
University of Mississippi, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, emphasis in Manufacturing, magna cum laude, 2018
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Admissions & Honors
State of Louisiana, 2021
Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, 2021
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2021
Senior Articles Editor, Tulane Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property, 2020–2021
CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Complex Litigation, 2020
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Registered Patent Agent (Reg. No. 79,104)
Publications
Iancu v. Brunetti: The First Amendment Takes Precedence Over Lanham Act’s Prohibition of Trademarks Comprised of Immoral or Scandalous Matter, 22 Tul. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. (2020)
Facial Recognition Technology: How Will Lawmakers and the Courts Respond to the Growing Demand for Policy Development?, Arizona L. J. Emerging Tech. (2020), Link available here.
Memberships
New Orleans Bar Association
American International Property Law Association
Federal Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association