Attorney Clementine Uwabera is a partner in the Madison office of Stafford Rosenbaum. Her practice primarily focuses on litigation and municipal law, covering a wide range of areas including tort and civil rights defense, insurance defense, products liability, construction matters, commercial disputes, personal injury cases, and wrongful death claims. Clementine began her legal career as an attorney with the Office of the Public Defender for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit, where she gained valuable courtroom experience. Transitioning to civil litigation, she represented plaintiffs in complex premises liability, insurance coverage, and wrongful death matters, earning admission to the prestigious Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. While in law school, Clementine pursued diverse legal experiences, including internships as in-house corporate counsel and as a judicial intern for 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)

Known for her competitive nature, Naomie came to the practice of law with a deep passion for fighting—and winning—for clients. After initially beginning her career as a litigator, she developed a focus on construction litigation, then expanded her practice to also include estate planning and fiduciary litigation.

Naomie litigates a wide range of cases, from highly complex, multimillion-dollar disputes to matters involving small and mid-sized companies, often involving breach of contract claims, collection disputes, or construction defects. She is experienced in both the courtroom—winning her first trial as a second-year associate—and at various forms of alternative dispute resolution for high-value cases. In addition to her work in the construction industry, Naomie also discovered an interest in the private wealth arena as a young attorney: a first-generation Congolese immigrant who speaks five languages, she saw how many families in minority and lower income communities lacked estate planning resources, and she realized how crucial this practice area was. Naomie went on to gain experience creating sophisticated, customized estate plans, and she regularly drafts wills, trusts, and powers of attorney for clients from a variety of diverse backgrounds and income levels.

Naomie also serves as the co-coordinator of the firm’s guardianship clinic, a role which brought her into a variety of fiduciary litigation matters. She now combines her passions for litigation and private wealth work by representing clients in guardianship cases, contested probate and trust administration, and asset disputes. Naomie finds that her fiduciary litigation experience helps her offer clients more effective estate plans: because she knows what can go wrong and where disputes often occur, she is well-placed to help clients avoid future conflicts.

Naomie brings excitement and energy to any matter she works on. She loves to advocate and win for clients, and she loves to connect with clients and assure them that she can solve their problems. She also believes deeply in open communication with clients, keeping them informed about strategy and realistic outcomes, and aims to make clients feel that their matter is the only one on her desk.