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Practices

Languages

  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Biography

Elena’s practice includes a diverse set of complex commercial and criminal litigation matters in federal and state courts.  She has experience drafting dispositive motions, conducting legal research, and overseeing discovery.  She also has assisted with government investigations.

Elena is a former law clerk to the Honorable David H. Hennessey, U.S.M.J., District of Massachusetts, and the Honorable Jack M. Sabatino, Presiding Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.  During her term with Judge Hennessy, she researched and drafted orders, Reports and Recommendations, and dispositive opinions primarily on matters of civil law ranging from toxic torts, tax code-based disputes, professional malpractice, and civil rights.  While clerking for Judge Sabatino, Elena prepared appellate bench memoranda on issues of both criminal and civil law.

Other Info About Elena

Education

Law School

Fordham University School of Law, J.D.

  • Associate Editor, Fordham International Law Journal
  • Moot Court Board, Cyber Law Editor

Undergraduate School

The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom , B.A.

Clerkships

Elena served as a clerk for the court(s) and judge(s) below:

Law Clerk to the Honorable David H. Hennessey, U.S.M.J., District of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, 2022 – 2023

Law Clerk to the Honorable Jack M. Sabatino, Presiding Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, Trenton, NJ, 2021 – 2022

Judicial Extern to the Honorable Vincent L. Briccetti, U.S.D.J., Southern District of New York, White Plains, NY, Spring 2020

Bar Memberships

Elena is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

New Jersey

New York

Courts

Elena is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York