Elena joined Bartlit Beck following clerkships with the Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Prior to her clerkships, she was a Bartlit Beck Fellow. Elena earned her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and her undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

Education & Honors

The University of Chicago Law School, 2022, J.D., with Honors

Joseph Henry Beale Prize for Outstanding Legal Writing 

Thomas L. Mulroy Prize for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy

Topic Access Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review

Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Scholar

Stanford University, 2016, B.A., with Distinction

Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships

  • Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2023-2024
  • Honorable Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2022-2023

Admissions

  • Colorado
  • Illinois 
  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado 
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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