Katherine Elliott Cleary

Katherine Elliott Cleary is an associate in Pierce Atwood’s Litigation Practice Group.

Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Katie served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Catherine R. Connors of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.

Katie graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maine School of Law. During law school, she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Kermit V. Lipez of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, worked as a student attorney in the general practice clinic of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, and was a summer associate at Pierce Atwood. Katie was also selected by the law school to mentor and instruct first-year students as a legal writing teaching assistant and an academic success teaching fellow in property law and constitutional law.

Honors & Distinctions
  • July 2022 Kenneth R. Clegg Award for Excellence, awarded by the Maine Board of Bar Examiners to the applicant who obtained the highest combined score on the Maine Bar Examination on their first attempt at passing a bar examination
  • July 2022 Laurie A. Gibson Award for Excellence, awarded by the Maine Board of Bar Examiners to the applicant who obtained the highest score on the essay portion of the Maine Bar Examination
  • ALI CLE 2022 Scholarship and Leadership Award, awarded by the University of Maine School of Law to the student in the graduating class who best represents a combination of scholarship and leadership