Elise focuses on the development of complex legal strategy, research, and brief writing across the firm’s practice areas. Her current practice encompasses lawsuits brought by public clients who have alleged significant contamination of their natural resources by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), aqueous film forming foam (“AFFF”), the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (“MTBE”), and other hazardous substances.

Elise also assists the firm in its representation of individuals in environmental, products liability, and consumer protection litigation. Elise clerked for the Honorable Peter W. Hall on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Prior to her clerkship, Elise worked as a litigation associate for Boies Schiller Flexner in New York City, where she focused on international judgment enforcement, questions of foreign sovereign immunity related to acts of terrorism, crisis management, and governmental investigations.

Elise graduated from Vermont Law School, where she won the best petitioner brief award in an annual moot court competition and scored a perfect round at a regional National Moot Court Competition. While in law school, Elise interned for a United States District Court Judge and then a United States Court of Appeals Judge. She also served as a domestic violence fellow at Vermont Legal Aid.

Prior to law school, Elise worked as a paralegal and in the Vermont State Court system, where she assisted the Chief Justice and Court Administrator in researching and implementing the policies of the Commission on Judicial Operation, which ultimately restructured the state judicial branch. She also designed cornerstone policies and strategy for political campaigns when not serving in government.