Elizabeth Kelhoffer

Defend constitutional and administrative challenges to Federal statutes. Hold Top Secret Security Clearance. Examples of relevant experience include: 1. Defeated Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and persuaded plaintiffs to voluntarily dismiss national security case involving the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards; 2. Won Motion for Partial Dismissal and negotiated very favorable settlement in First Amendment case involving Faith-Based Initiatives; 3. Tried five week long Privacy Act case.

Associate in Am Law 100 firm. Examples of relevant experience include: 1. Won political asylum for client who escaped human rights abuses in Iran resulting from his candidacy as a political moderate; 2. Defended "Big Five" accounting firm during criminal and civil investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 3. Responsible for team of experts in nationwide product liability litigation. Successfully defended Daubert challenges, drafted expert reports, took and defended depositions.

Law clerk for federal judge. Examples of relevant experience include: 1. Researched and drafted summary judgment orders involving employment discrimination and benefits, civil RICO, Section 1983, product liability, disability rights, and habeas corpus; 2. Assisted judge during trials, hearings, and in-chambers conferences; 3. Prepared jury instructions for civil and criminal trials.