2025 Lifetime Achievement Award

Ellen is a trial lawyer who shares her knowledge without a concern about her self-interest. Her goal, for nearly 40 years, has been to expose the behavior of defendants who put profits over safety.

Over the course of her career, she has represented thousands of plaintiffs injured by defective medical products. Many federal and state judges have appointed her to serve as the leadership counsel running large, consolidated litigations.

She was most recently appointed as co-lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation In Re: Exactech Polyethylene Orthopedics Product Liability Litigation in the Eastern District of New York. She is co-lead counsel of the In Re: JUUL Labs, Inc. Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, where she helped negotiate significant settlements on behalf of consumers and government entities with defendants for their conduct in creating a vaping epidemic.

She has served as the co-lead counsel of the In Re: DePuy ASR multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of Ohio, resulting in a global settlement. She also served as court- appointed co-lead counsel in the In Re: Farxiga (Dapagliflozin) Products Liability Litigation that was venued in the Southern District of New York.