Selina M. Ellis
Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga LLP
Recognized since 2025
Newark, New Jersey
Commercial Litigation
Selina M. Ellis maintains a diverse complex civil litigation practice in New York and New Jersey federal and state courts, with an emphasis on intellectual property, employment matters, contract and securities disputes, and class action defense.
Prior to joining the firm, Selina was an associate at Connell Foley LLP in New Jersey and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in New York. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dennis M. Cavanaugh, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, for the 2010-2011 term, and to the Honorable Barry T. Albin, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, for the 2008-2009 term.
After graduating from Wesleyan University with High Honors, Selina earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Cardozo Law Review, and was a Dean’s Distinguished Scholar. She is fluent in Farsi (Persian).
Selina is an Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and was recognized as a Rising Star by New York Super Lawyers in 2015 and New Jersey Super Lawyers in 2017 and 2018. (This award is not approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Selection methodology is available.)
- E-mail: sellis@walsh.law
- Direct Phone Number: (973) 757-1026
- Phone Number: (973) 757-1100
- Lawyer Page: https://walsh.law/attorney/selina-m-ellis/
- Three Gateway Center, 15th Floor
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., graduated 2008
- New Jersey, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2008
9 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
4 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Commercial Litigation
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