Ella A. Shenhav

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2009
• University of South Florida, B.A., summa cum laude, 2005

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• Massachusetts

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Languages

• Hebrew

• The Florida Bar
  • Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Committee (2023-present)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
  • Trial & Litigation Section
    • Board of Directors (2022-present)
  • Co-Chair, Hillsborough County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Committee (2014-2016)
• Board Member, Bay Area Legal Services (2020-2022) 
• Executive Director, Project H.E.L.P. Tampa (pro bono clinic for the homeless)
• Board Member and volunteer attorney, Are You Safe
• Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Litigation American Inn of Court
  • President (2024)
  • Board Member
  • Mentoring Coordinator
• Co-Chair, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee’s Firm Subcommittee (2015-2022)
• Member, Annual Convention Committee of the Florida Bar (2017-2019)

Presentations

• Speaker, CLE Presentation, “Recent Updates in Privacy and Data Security,” (August 18, 2022)
• Speaker, Tampa Bay Organization of Women in International Trade (TBOWIT), "Helms-Burton Unleashed: Uncertainty Ahead for Investors in Cuba" (September 26, 2019)
• Speaker, 5th Annual Reception, Tampa Bay Pro Bono Partners (March 28, 2019)
• Speaker, Social Justice Advocacy Forum, Stetson University College of Law (March 22, 2019)
• Speaker, Leadership Development Committee Luncheon, Stetson University College of Law (April 18, 2018)

Publications

• Florida Bar Journal, Co-Author, "Use of the Constructive Knowledge Standard when Evaluating 'Evident Partiality' Challenges to Arbitration Awards in Florida," July/August 2023 Issue
• Hillsborough County Bar Association's Lawyer Magazine, Co-Author, "A Future View of Document Review," January/February 2023 Issue
• Orlando Business Journal, Co-Author, “Federal data protection law amendment might apply to you – and requires quick action,” November 25, 2022
• Daily Business Review, Co-Author, "When it Comes to Cyber Insurance Words Matters," October 13, 2022
• Tampa Bay Business Journal, Co-Author, “What Every Business Should Know About the Proposed
  American Data Privacy and Protection Act,” September 9, 2022
• The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Author, “SCOTUS Concludes That a Defendant’s Belief Regarding Patent Validity is Not a Defense to an Induced Infringement Claim,” June 2, 2015
• The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Author, “The Fourth Circuit Concludes that SCOTUS’s Nasser Opinion Did Not Change Other Burdens of Proof for Retaliation Plaintiffs,” May 27, 2015
• American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Co-author, "Is Possession a Requirement for Turnover?" April 2013, cited by bankruptcy treatise Collier Trustees & Debtors in Possession P. 10.02
• The Bankruptcy Strategist, Co-author, "Sunbeam Eclipsed: Does a Sale Free and Clear Negate the Rights of Non-Debtor License," February 1, 2013
• Real Estate Title Practice in Massachusetts - MCLE Treatise, Co-author, "Bankruptcy," 2013
• Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Law 2013 - Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year, Co-author, "Licensees Beware: Recent Changes in the Intersection of Bankruptcy Law and Intellectual Property Law," 2013
• American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Co-author, "Can a Counterparty to an Executory Contract Perform Preassumption?" May 2012
• Law360, Co-author, "Buyer Beware: 363 Sale May Not Absolve Successor Liability," April 20, 2012
• The Bankruptcy Strategist, Co-author, "Choppy Waters in The Safe Harbor for Shareholders Of Failed LBOs?" March 1, 2012
• American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Co-author, "Bankruptcy's Impact on Financial Markets," December 1, 2011
• American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Co-author, "Chrysler Reflects Modern Reorganization Practice," December 1, 2010

Media Mentions

• Ella Shenhav Comments on University’s Data Privacy Measures – “GW’s data privacy principles are too broad: experts – The GW Hatchet,” The GW Hatchet (September 19, 2022)
• “Tampa data security expert says new law has broad consequences,” The Tampa Bay Business Journal (September 15, 2022)

News & Speaking Engagements

Blog Posts