Claire Voegele advises individuals, families and family offices on legal and tax matters involving the preservation, management and transfer of wealth. She brings a perspective informed by federal judicial clerkships involving complex tax, business and financial disputes.
Before entering private practice, Claire clerked for judges of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina and the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. During her clerkships, she assisted with bench trials and mediations involving high-value, complex disputes and worked on matters involving tax refund suits, bid protests, contract disputes, Fifth Amendment takings, environmental and natural resources issues, securities fraud claims, and business torts.
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While in law school, Claire served as a summer fellow in Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic and published an article in the South Carolina Law Review addressing administrative challenges faced by Vietnam veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. She maintains an active pro bono practice representing veterans and serves as a vice chair of the American Bar Association Women in Tax Forum. She is currently ranked the #8 female court tennis player in the United States and is a 2026 French Open finalist.
Professional Highlights
- Vice chair of the American Bar Association Women in Tax Forum
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Tax Law (2026)
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- Speaking engagements
- Navigating Tax Controversies for Entertainers, Athletes, Performers and Influencers, TAC Annual Tax Controversy Update, June 24, 2026.
- Mentoring in Tax: Building Connections, ABA May Tax Meeting, May 7, 2026.
- Zoom Tea with Special Trial Judge Jennifer E. Siegel, ABA May Tax Meeting, March 11, 2026.
- Zoom Tea with Xenia Garofalo, ABA May Tax Meeting, December 10, 2024.
- 2024 Clerkship College: Effective Revising and Editing, Wake Forest University School of Law, November 15, 2024.
Education
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LL.M., Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, 2023
J.D., University of South Carolina Law School, 2017
magna cum laudeB.S., International Business, College of Charleston, 2011
cum laude
Admissions
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New York
South Carolina
Courts
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U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Clerkships
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Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (2022–2023)
Judge Robert H. Hodges Jr., U.S. Court of Federal Claims (2020–2022 and 2017–2018)
Judge Terry L. Wooten, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (2019)
Judge John E. Waites, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina (2018–2019)