Graves Garrett LLC is pleased to announce Claire Hausman and Rachel Owings have joined the firm as summer associates. Graves Garrett summer associates spend eight weeks working with the firm’s attorneys in a range of practice areas while receiving training, mentorship, and exposure to the firm’s clients and cases.

“We are excited to welcome Claire and Rachel to Graves Garrett and work with them this summer,” Graves Garrett partner Todd Graves said. “The firm is committed to providing them with educational and rewarding experiences that enhance their legal education. These talented attorneys-in-training bring valuable perspectives to our firm and clients, and we’re glad they’ve chosen to spend their summer learning alongside us.”

A native of St. Joseph, Missouri, Hausman is a rising second year law student at the University of Missouri School of Law. She completed her undergraduate studies in English and history at the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Hausman previously interned with an Am Law 100 firm and a New York-based immigration firm in addition to her work last summer with the Clay County Prosecutor’s Office.

Owings, who hails from Mexico, Missouri, also studies at the University of Missouri School of Law. She graduated with degrees in economics and political science from Truman State University, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa and was awarded the Outstanding Economics Major in her class.

Past internships for Owings include a French-language study abroad program in Quebec, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Economic Policy, and in the commercial lending office of a major financial services provider.