Background
Scoler, Elana K. was born on August 13, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Scoler, Elana K. was born on August 13, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
University of Manitoba (Bachelor of Arts, 1991). Southwestern University. State University of New York at Buffalo (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1994).
New York University (Master of Laws, 1995).
Worked at Hodgson, Russian, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Limited Liability Partnership (Buffalo, New York) specializing in General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Trial and Appellate Practice. Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Administrative, Corporation, Labor, Taxation, Corporate Financing, Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Financial Services, Health Care, Real Property, School, International, Immigration, Energy, Public Service, Securities, Family Law, High Technology, Transnational Law, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law.
Insurance Law, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Environmental Insurance Coverage Litigation, Reinsurance, Reinsurance Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1995, New New York Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Property.
Author: "Foreign Bank Entry Into the United States, Canada and Mexico--How North American Free Trade Agreement Alters the Banking Laws," New York State Bar Association International Law Practicum, Spring 1996. Judicial Extern, Honorary Johnson, Junior, California Court of Appeals.
Judicial Intern, Honorary Penny Wolfgang, New York State Supreme Court.
Tracing its roots to 1817, Hodgson Russian is the largest law firm in Buffalo and ranks among the largest law firms in Upstate New York outside New York City.