Elena Mitchell helps clients navigate complex litigation matters; internal investigations; DEI and civil rights-related assessments; and financial regulatory and compliance issues. She focuses on understanding each client’s objectives in order to develop the right litigation, investigation, assessment, or compliance strategy.Elena's practice focuses on complex litigation matters involving a wide variety of business torts, commercial contracts and mortgage loan disputes, estate litigation, and antitrust litigation. Elena regularly practices in state and federal court.Elena also frequently represents clients in internal corporate investigations and has experience advising companies, government entities, and nonprofits on diversity, equity, and inclusion-related initiatives and conducting related assessments and investigations.
In addition, Elena routinely assists clients with financial regulatory and compliance issues. In 2017, Elena completed a three-month secondment at a U.S.-based global financial institution focusing on financial regulatory matters and, specifically, recovery planning.Active in pro bono work, Elena supports the firm’s Human Trafficking Project and regularly handles expunction matters for the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy. Additionally, she has handled cases for the International Refugee Assistance Project and the firm’s Domestic Violence Project.
Elena also has litigated civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in federal court. Elena Mitchell helps clients navigate complex litigation matters; internal investigations; DEI and civil rights-related assessments; and financial regulatory and compliance issues.
She focuses on understanding each client’s objectives in order to develop the right litigation, investigation, assessment, or compliance strategy.Elena's practice focuses on complex litigation matters involving a wide variety of business torts, commercial contracts and mortgage loan disputes, estate litigation, and antitrust litigation. Elena regularly practices in state and federal court.Elena also frequently represents clients in internal corporate investigations and has experience advising companies, government entities, and nonprofits on diversity, equity, and inclusion-related initiatives and conducting related assessments and investigations. In addition, Elena routinely assists clients with financial regulatory and compliance issues.
In 2017, Elena completed a three-month secondment at a U.S.-based global financial institution focusing on financial regulatory matters and, specifically, recovery planning.Active in pro bono work, Elena supports the firm’s Human Trafficking Project and regularly handles expunction matters for the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy. Additionally, she has handled cases for the International Refugee Assistance Project and the firm’s Domestic Violence Project. Elena also has litigated civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 in federal court. Elena Mitchell helps clients navigate complex litigation matters; internal investigations; DEI and civil rights-related assessments; and financial regulatory and compliance issues. She focuses on understanding each client’s objectives in order to develop the right litigation, investigation, assessment, or compliance strategy.
Elena's practice focuses on complex litigation matters involving a wide variety of business torts, commercial contracts and mortgage loan disputes, estate litigation, and antitrust litigation. Elena regularly practices in state and federal court. Elena also frequently represents clients in internal corporate investigations and has experience advising companies, government entities, and nonprofits on diversity, equity, and inclusion-related initiatives and conducting related assessments and investigations.
In addition, Elena routinely assists clients with financial regulatory and compliance issues. In 2017, Elena completed a three-month secondment at a U.S.-based global financial institution focusing on financial regulatory matters and, specifically, recovery planning. Active in pro bono work, Elena supports the firm’s Human Trafficking Project and regularly handles expunction matters for the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy.
Additionally, she has handled cases for the International Refugee Assistance Project and the firm’s Domestic Violence Project. Elena also has litigated civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in federal court.
