Overview

Elsa joins Benesch as a Labor & Employment managing associate.

Elsa has experience as a Judicial extern to Judge Franklin Valderrama and Judge Allen Walker in the Circuit Court of Cook County, as well as experience as a law clerk specializing in Family Law. 

Credentials

Education

University of Chicago, B.A., International Studies and Psychology, 2015
  • Dean’s list
  • F. Champion Ward International Research Grant Recipient
Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2022
  • Law Review
  • Honors Scholar
  • CALI awards
    • Torts
    • Constitutional Law
    • Secured Transactions

Bar & Court Admissions

Illinois