Overview
As part of Frantz Ward’s Business Practice Group, Elena provides support on a range of transactional and real estate matters, focusing on healthcare and healthcare-related businesses.
She regularly assists clients manage and evaluate corporate risk and navigate complex regulatory schemes. She has advised clients on issues related to HIPAA privacy and security, FDA regulations, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and corporate structure. Elena has assisted with incorporating new medical spas, drafting compliance policies for large healthcare entities, and conducting due diligence for large asset acquisitions.
During law school, Elena served as an extern at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Alongside her J.D., she earned a Master of Public Health and uses her combined degrees to help clients navigate complex federal and state regulations.
Representative Experience
- Drafted brief that helped achieve a great victory for a client in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court to modify an irrevocable deed of trust from 1922 to assist property owners in a lakefront neighborhood better regulate and maintain common areas and secure governmental funding to repair and improve the property.
- Assisted a client obtain payment for late worker’s compensation claims from a self-insured business.
- Drafted operating agreements for new businesses, tailored to their unique needs.
Education & Admissions
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., magna cum Laude, 2023
- Order of the Coif
- Law Review, Associate Editor (2020 – 2021) and Editor (2021 – 2023)
- Latinx Law Student Association, President (2020-2021) and Treasurer (2021-2022)
- Gerber Law Medicine, Fellow (2019 – 2022)
- CALI Award in Family Law (2022)
- CALI Award in Healthcare Finance and Regulation (2021)
- CALI Award in Professional Responsibility (2021)
- CALI Award for Administrative Law (2021)
- CALI Award for Health Law
- Case Western Reserve University Graduate Studies, M.P.H, 2023
- State Champion, The Ohio State University College of Public Health Student Case Competition (2022)
Bar and Court Admissions
- State of Ohio
Involvement
Professional Affiliations
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
- Environmental, Energy, and Natural Resources Section, Board Member
- American Health Lawyers Association, Member
Community Involvement
- Cleveland Leadership Center, OnBoard Cleveland (Class of 2025)
Firm Involvement
- Women’s Initiative, Member
- Diversity & Equity Committee, Member
Publications
- “New DEA Rule May Increase Access to Mobile Methadone Services,” The Network for Public Health Law (July 2021)
Representative Experience
- Drafted brief that helped achieve a great victory for a client in the Cuyahoga County Probate Court to modify an irrevocable deed of trust from 1922 to assist property owners in a lakefront neighborhood better regulate and maintain common areas and secure governmental funding to repair and improve the property.
- Assisted a client obtain payment for late worker’s compensation claims from a self-insured business.
- Drafted operating agreements for new businesses, tailored to their unique needs.
Education & Admissions
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., magna cum Laude, 2023
- Order of the Coif
- Law Review, Associate Editor (2020 – 2021) and Editor (2021 – 2023)
- Latinx Law Student Association, President (2020-2021) and Treasurer (2021-2022)
- Gerber Law Medicine, Fellow (2019 – 2022)
- CALI Award in Family Law (2022)
- CALI Award in Healthcare Finance and Regulation (2021)
- CALI Award in Professional Responsibility (2021)
- CALI Award for Administrative Law (2021)
- CALI Award for Health Law
- Case Western Reserve University Graduate Studies, M.P.H, 2023
- State Champion, The Ohio State University College of Public Health Student Case Competition (2022)
Bar and Court Admissions
- State of Ohio
Involvement
Professional Affiliations
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
- Environmental, Energy, and Natural Resources Section, Board Member
- American Health Lawyers Association, Member
Community Involvement
- Cleveland Leadership Center, OnBoard Cleveland (Class of 2025)
Firm Involvement
- Women’s Initiative, Member
- Diversity & Equity Committee, Member
Publications
- “New DEA Rule May Increase Access to Mobile Methadone Services,” The Network for Public Health Law (July 2021)