Claire E. Parsons is Of Counsel with Bricker Graydon Wyatt LLP. She practices in the areas of school law, employment law, and litigation in both Kentucky and Ohio. In addition to being an experienced attorney, mom of two girls, and active community leader, Claire is a popular and well-known speaker and writer on the topics of attorney mental health, mindfulness, compassion, and stress management. She is the Chair of the wellness committees for the Ohio State Bar Association, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, and Bricker Graydon Wyatt.
Claire has meditated for more than a decade and taught mindfulness and compassion for more than five years to lawyers, professionals, and more. Claire has more than 1000 hours of training in mind-body practices. She is certified in Mental Health First Aid and as a SHRM Workplace Mental Health Ally. Claire is also certified to teach meditation, compassion, yoga, pranayama, and somatic healing and has specific training in trauma-sensitive mindfulness.
Her work has been featured on Insight Timer, Above the Law, the Institute for Well-Being in Law, and the Mindfulness in Law Society. She is the founder the Brilliant Legal Mind blog (www.brilliantlegalmind.com) where she writes, offers guided meditations, and shares resources relating to mental health, mindfulness, compassion, yoga, and more.
In addition, Claire is the author of two books, How to Be a Badass Lawyer: The Unexpected and Simple Guide to Less Stress and Greater Personal Development Through Mindfulness and Compassion and Mommy Needs a Minute. Claire loves talking to and connecting with lawyers about the topics of writing, mental health, mindfulness and more. She invites you to follow the blog to learn more or connect with her on LinkedIn.
She has practiced in school law, as well as employment law and litigation, in Kentucky and Ohio for more than 15 years. She regularly advices public school districts and officials on a wide variety of maters, including special education and civil rights issues. Claire manages the stress associated with this highly emotional area of practice in part with mindfulness. She has been meditating for over a decade and teaching mindfulness for over five years.
Claire is certified to teach meditation, compassion, yoga, pranayama, and somatic healing. She serves on committees relating to attorney well-being for her law firm as well as her state and local bar associations and she’s a regular volunteer for the Mindfulness in Law Society. She is the founder of the Brilliant Legal Mind Blog and author of two books, How to Be a Badass Lawyer, and Mommy Needs a Minute. You can learn more about mindfulness by following the blog on social media or connecting with Claire on LinkedIn.
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