As Interim General Counsel at Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, Clara oversees many legal matters impacting Alliance, including all legal matters related to special education, school operations, scholar discipline as well as many other areas of charter school operations.
Prior to this role, Clara served as a tax attorney for Morrison & Foerster, LLP in its Los Angeles office, and for Shearman & Sterling, LLP in its New York office. In these roles, Clara advised multiple tax-exempt non-profit organizations such as Alliance on their formation, operations and compliance obligations. Before becoming an attorney, Clara was a licensed Korean-English simultaneous interpreter in Seoul, Korea. Clara lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons and two labrador retrievers.
Education J.D., Columbia Law School, New York City, NY M.A., Simultaneous Interpretation and Translation, Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea B.A., English Language and Literature, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea