Elisabeth assists businesses in resolving disputes efficiently through sharp analysis and straightforward advice.
Overview
Elisabeth assists companies with commercial disputes in state and federal courts, including contract, products liability, construction and employment matters, as well as insurance defense.
Elisabeth brings experience assisting with cases from the pleadings stage through resolution. Her work includes drafting pleadings and discovery, assisting with depositions, and briefing and arguing motions, including dispositive and Daubert motions. Several of her motions have helped resolve claims against clients early. She also supports mediation efforts that have achieved favorable outcomes for clients.
Before entering private practice, Elisabeth served as a judicial intern to Justice K.J. Wall of the Kansas Supreme Court. She also served as a judicial extern to Judge Daniel D. Crabtree of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
Elisabeth holds a Master of Social Work and is a Kansas Licensed Master Social Worker, a background the informs her client-focused, communicative approach.
News & Insights
Speaking Engagements
"Public Employees and the Law," City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers Association Institute and Academy, 2023-2025; Kansas Rural Water Association Annual Conference, 2026
"Four-Letter %&!@ Words," Women Attorneys Association of Topeka, 2023; Topeka Bar Association, 2025; Kansas Judicial Center In-House Training, 2026
"Attorneys Working with Interpreters and Translators," Wichita Association of Legal Assistants, 2024
"Therapy: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How," Wichita Association of Legal Assistants, 2024
Recognitions
Recognitions
Recognized on the Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" list, 2027
Professional & Civic Activities
Professional & Civic Activities
American Bar Association, YLD District Twenty-Two Representative
Kansas Bar Association, YLS ABA Representative
Wichita Bar Association
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Kansas/Missouri Chapter Citizenship Day Coordinator
Society for Human Resource Management
Kansas Women Attorneys Association
Advance Kansas, Class of XVII
The Thread: Women’s Leadership Collective, Cohort 7
Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association
W: A Community of young Professionals
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- Kansas
- Missouri
Education
Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 2023
- Dean’s honors
- Order of Barristers
- Washburn Law Journal, Senior Articles Editor
University of Kansas, M.S.W., 2018
Eastern Mennonite University, B.A., Social Work, Minor in Pre-Law Studies, summa cum laude, 2017
Languages
- Spanish
