Managing Associate
Washington, D.C.
Elise is a member of Orrick's Supreme Court and Appellate practice.
She litigates and advises on complex, novel, and high-stakes issues at the trial and appellate levels. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing individuals challenging unlawful removal in federal immigration appeals and advocating for criminal defendants in state appellate courts.
Before joining Orrick, Elise served as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She also worked at the MacArthur Justice Center and Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, focusing primarily on litigation concerning prison conditions and excessive force by police. While at the MacArthur Justice Center, she successfully argued a civil rights appeal on behalf of two incarcerated clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Elise graduated from Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic and the International Human Rights Clinic. She has advocated on behalf of political prisoners before UN tribunals and has contributed to scholarship on the UN Human Rights System.
