Ulmer & Berne LLP

Elise Balkin Ice*

Associate

Complex Business
Mass Tort/Occupational Exposure
Professional Liability

Cleveland Office
p 216.583.7066
f 216.583.7067

eice@ulmer.com

At a Glance

Elise’s practice focuses on complex business litigation. She has solid experience taking fact and expert witness depositions, drafting and arguing motions, and preparing for trial. In addition to business litigation, Elise also has experience in the following areas: insurance defense, lead-based paint defense, real estate litigation, professional malpractice, personal injury defense, bankruptcy, and antitrust law.

Practices/Industries

Litigation
Complex Business
Mass Tort/Occupational Exposure
Professional Liability

Areas of Concentration

Business Litigation
Defense Litigation

Education

Mary Washington College (B.A., 1997)

University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000); Articles Editor, University of Baltimore Law Review, Volume 29

Representative Experience

Assists in all procedural areas of business litigation, including researching and drafting memoranda, responding to discovery, and preparing for trial.
Completed numerous fact witness and expert witness depositions, including those of neuropsychologists, medical doctors, economists, and environmental experts.
Successfully argued Motion for Summary Judgment in federal court regarding ERISA case that involved dispute over eligibility for long-term disability.
Drafted and argued numerous motions in state courts.
Law Clerk to the Honorable James P. Salmon, Judge for the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Publications & Presentations

Publications
“Rice v. Paladin: The Fourth Circuit’s Unnecessary Limiting of a Publisher’s Freedom of Speech, “ 29 U. Balt. L. Rev. 205 (2000).

Professional Affiliations

The Club at Key Center (Member)
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Community Involvement

Admissions

U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court, District of Washington, D.C.
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
District of Columbia
State of Maryland
Commonwealth of Virginia (inactive)
State of New Jersey (inactive)
Not admitted to practice in the State of Ohio