Clementine Uwabera

Attorney
Email: cuwabera@staffordlaw.com
Direct: 608-210-6314
Offices: Madison
Legal Assistant
Becky LeDonne
608-210-6317
rledonne@staffordlaw.com
Practice Areas

Clementine Uwabera

Attorney
Attorney
Email: cuwabera@staffordlaw.com
Direct: 608-210-6314
Offices: Madison
Legal Assistant
Becky LeDonne
608-210-6317
rledonne@staffordlaw.com
Legal Assistant
Becky LeDonne
608-210-6317
rledonne@staffordlaw.com
Practice Areas

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On the Job

Attorney Clementine Uwabera’s Practice

Attorney Clementine Uwabera is a senior associate in Stafford Rosenbaum’s Madison office. She concentrates her practice in the areas of litigation and municipal law with an array of experience, including insurance defense, products liability, municipal prosecutions, commercial disputes, personal injury matters, and wrongful death claims.

Beginning her legal career in Orlando, Clementine has acquired many areas of expertise along the way, including litigation, personal injury, insurance law, and criminal defense. She honed her practice at Florida law firms until 2020, when she joined Stafford Rosenbaum LLP.

Clementine began practicing as an attorney with the Office of the Public Defender for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit in 2014. As an Assistant Public Defender, she litigated on behalf of indigent clients and tried more than 20 jury trials within her first two years. Clementine’s prior experience also includes serving as a civil litigation attorney with an emphasis on negligent security, wrongful death, and other personal injury matters. She acquired a variety of different legal experiences prior to beginning her law practice, including working as an in-house corporate counsel intern and serving as a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Nancy Joseph in the U.S. Eastern District Court of Wisconsin.

Clementine’s Court Admissions

  • State of Wisconsin
  • Eastern District Court of Wisconsin
  • Western District Court of Wisconsin
  • State of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Clementine’s Education

  • Florida State University College of Law (J.D.)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., Legal Studies; Certificate in African Studies)

Clementine’s Professional Memberships and Admissions

  • Dane County Bar Association
    • President-Elect
    • Board of Directors
  • American Bar Association
  • Wisconsin Association for Justice
  • The National Black Lawyers

Clementine’s Publications

  • Co-editor, Litigation Forms Manual, published by the State Bar of Wisconsin (2022)
  • Co-author, Trade Secrets chapter, Wisconsin Attorney’s Desk Reference (2022-present)

Off the Job

Clementine was born in Butare, Rwanda and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, and she always knew she wanted to be a lawyer.

In her free time, she enjoys volunteering with various local organizations, traveling with her husband, reading, and playing in competitive flag football and soccer leagues.

Greece is Clementine’s favorite place she has traveled, and, locally, her favorite part of Madison is its downtown restaurants.

Recent Blogs

Filed Under: Appellate Law Litigation

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Restatement’s Risk-Utility Test Does Not Replace the Consumer-Contemplation Test as the Standard for Determining “Unreasonably Dangerous” Products

By: Attorney Douglas Poland Attorney Clementine Uwabera

Interpreting for the first time the product liability statute adopted in 2011, the Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to adopt Restatement (Third) of Torts Section 2(b) and holds that the consumer-contemplation test remains the standard for determining whether a product is “unreasonably dangerous” in a strict liability claim. Last month, in Murphy v. Columbus McKinnon Corp., 2022 […]

Jan 31, 2023 in Blogs
Filed Under: Appellate Law Litigation

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Restatement’s Risk-Utility Test Does Not Replace the Consumer-Contemplation Test as the Standard for Determining “Unreasonably Dangerous” Products (Extended Post)

By: Attorney Douglas Poland Attorney Clementine Uwabera

Interpreting for the first time the product liability statute adopted in 2011, the Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to adopt Restatement (Third) of Torts Section 2(b) and holds that the consumer-contemplation test remains the standard for determining whether a product is “unreasonably dangerous” in a strict liability claim. Last month, in Murphy v. Columbus McKinnon Corp., 2022 […]

Jan 31, 2023 in Blogs
Filed Under: Appellate Law Insurance Law Litigation

Wisconsin Supreme Court Issues Significant Opinion: Insurers Cannot Use Preclusion Principles to Sidestep Duty to Defend

By: Attorney Jeffrey Mandell Attorney Clementine Uwabera Attorney Douglas Poland Attorney David Hollander

Wisconsin Supreme Court issues significant insurance coverage opinion, finding that insurers cannot use preclusion principles to sidestep duty to defend. On January 26, 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed in on one potential exception to the “complaint test” as a method of determining whether an insurance company has a duty to defend a lawsuit brought […]

Jan 30, 2023 in Blogs