Adams Leclair LLP is thrilled to welcome Mary Kate Tramontano back to the firm as a law clerk, following her graduation from Syracuse University College of Law and a successful summer clerkship with the firm in 2025.

During Mary Kate’s final academic year, she served as a judicial intern for the Hon. Anthony Brindisi in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (Utica) in the fall, followed by a spring internship with the United States Attorneys’ Office for the Northern District of New York in Syracuse.  She also competed in the National Moot Court Competition as part of an appellate advocacy team that finished as regional semi-finalists.

Prior to law school, Mary Kate did her undergraduate studies at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she earned a B.S. in Public Relations alongside a B.A. in Policy Studies from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in 2022.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

• Law Student Intern, United States Attorneys’ Offices (Jan. 2026- Apr. 2026)
• Judicial Intern, U.S. District Court Northern District of New York Judge Anthony J. Brindisi (Aug. 2025-Dec. 2025)
• Summer Associate, Adams Leclair (May 2025- Aug. 2025)
• Judicial Intern, New York State Supreme Court Judge Joanne D. Quiñones

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

• Women’s Law Student Association, Vice President (2025-2026), President (2024-2025) 
• Journal of International Law and Commerce, Form & Accuracy Editor 
• Advocacy Honors Society, National Moot Court Competition Regional Semi-Finalist

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

• Dean’s Citation for Student Leadership, Syracuse University of Law (2026)
• Top Student Paper (First Place), Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) Law and Policy Division (2025)
• CALI Excellence in the Future Award: Administrative Law (Fall 2025)
• CALI Excellence in the Future Award: Media and Communications Law (Fall 2024)
• Beatrice Krupkin Scholarship Recipient, Central New York Women’s Bar Association (CNYWBA) (2025)

PUBLICATIONS

• Failure to Disclose: The Federal Trade Commission’s Role in Ensuring Online Endorsements are Properly Disclosed, Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (JOLT) Volume 33 (upcoming). Dean’s Citation for Student Leadership, Syracuse University of Law (2026)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Failure to Disclose: The Federal Trade Commission’s Role in Ensuring Online Endorsements are Properly Disclosed, Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) Annual Conference (August 2025)