Law School
De Paul University, J.D., 1992
Law School Graduation Year
1992
College
University of Illinois, B.S., 1989
Biographical
Law Clerk, Hon. Susan Pierson Sonderby, Bankruptcy Judge, 1993-1995. Publications: Ellsworth, The National Endowment for the Arts Appreciation Act, DePaul-LCA Journal of Art & Entertainment Law (Spring 1991); Backman and Ellsworth, Banks May Freeze Funds Subject to Setoff, XIII Bankruptcy Strategist 1 (November, 1995); Backman and Ellsworth, Subordination of Tax Penalties: Dead or Alive? XIII Bankruptcy Strategist 9 (July, 1996); Backman and Ellsworth, High Court Faces Pressure to Confront New Value Exception, XV The Bankruptcy Strategist 5 (March 1998); Ellsworth, Placing Market-Based Approach on Mobile Steel Test, The Bankruptcy Strategist (June 1998); Ellsworth and Sarkinen, Asserting Preference Defenses Outside a Grace Period, XVII The Bankruptcy Strategist 3 (January 2000). Associate: Rudnick & Wolfe (n/k/a Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe), 1997; Gould & Ratner, 1995-1997; Law Offices of Andrew J. Maxwell, 1992-1993. (Chicago, Illinois Office)