Ellie joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge David O. Carter of the Central District of California. Previously, Ellie earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she won first place in the UC Davis Asylum & Refugee Law National Moot Court Competition and served as a Notes Editor on the Columbia Law Review. Ellie earned her B.A. in Global Affairs from Yale University, where she was a Truman Scholar and Fulbright recipient.