 Email Elisa Mills 504-680-6067 Download Vcard |
Elisa joined the firm as an associate in 2008. She has experience in various areas of civil practice, including construction, insurance coverage, breach of contract, and tort claims, in Louisiana state and federal district and appellate courts.
Not originally from New Orleans, Elisa has proudly called the city home since arriving in August of 2005 to attend Loyola University College of Law. Her husband, Wesley, is a civil engineer. Elisa and Wesley have one child, Caroline.
EDUCATION:
- Loyola University College of Law (New Orleans, Louisiana) Juris Doctor, 2008, Magna Cum Laude
- Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, Florida) B.S. History, 2001, Summa Cum Laude
HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
- 2008 Professor William L. Crowe, Sr. Scholar Award
- Casenote/Comment Editor, Loyola Law Review
- Moot Court staff member
- Law Excellence Awards in International Law, Secured Obligations, Torts II, Criminal Law
- Research assistance to Gerard Rault, Jr., Loyola University College of Law, Handbook on the Louisiana Code of Evidence
- Recipient of the Barbas scholarship and a Loyola Law scholarship
EXPERIENCE:
- Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, L.L.C. (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Associate, 2008 – Present - Louisiana Supreme Court (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Judicial Intern to Associate Justice Jeanette Theriot Knoll, 2007
BAR ADMISSIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
- Louisiana State, Federal and American Bar Associations
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