Ellyn Gendler

EGendler@CoulsonPC.com | 313.644.2685

Ellyn Gendler is an Attorney at Coulson P.C. A passionate advocate for consumers and individuals harmed by corporate wrongdoing, she has represented plaintiffs across the United States in a variety of litigation and arbitration matters. 

Ellyn’s practice focuses on consumer protection, and she has represented thousands of clients in large-scale litigation and arbitration matters. Her work has included legal strategy development, law and briefing, discovery, trial preparation, and the litigation and management of mass torts and mass arbitrations. Of her notable matters, Ellyn was a member of the trial team for the first trial in the infant-formula litigation related to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), resulting in a $60 million verdict for the plaintiff. She also litigated on behalf of approximately 200,000 Intuit consumers who were tricked into paying to file their taxes through a popular online tax service (when they were eligible to file for free).

As a young lawyer, Ellyn was a staff law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, working for all fourteen judges on the court. She has also worked as a tenant attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she represented low-income clients in administrative and court proceedings, including evictions, subsidy terminations, and fair-housing complaints.

Ellyn earned her law degree from Harvard Law School, where she was an Executive Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender. She earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics from the University of Michigan, graduating with distinction.

Bar Admissions

• California*

• Illinois*

• Michigan*

  *pending status (re)activation

Education

• JD Harvard Law School

• BS The University of Michigan