Elizabeth Charles-Mundaden

Elizabeth is a litigator who leverages her prior experiences clerking for federal judges at both the trial and appellate court levels to help clients succeed at every stage of litigation. She focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes across a variety of industries, applying rigorous research, precise drafting, and thoughtful analysis to help clients achieve their goals.

As an associate in the firm’s Litigation Group, Elizabeth works on a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters.

Prior to joining Barack Ferrazzano, Elizabeth served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Richard C. Tallman in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Andrew P. Gordon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, where she prepared her judges for oral arguments, hearings, and trials by researching and analyzing diverse legal issues, drafting bench memoranda, and delivering comprehensive case presentations. Before attending law school, Elizabeth taught second grade in Los Angeles.

Admissions

• State of Illinois
• State of Nevada
• United States Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit

Clerkships

• Hon. Richard C. Tallman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2024-2025)
• Hon. Andrew P. Gordon, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada (2023-2024)

Education

• Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2023
• University of Notre Dame, M.Ed. in Elementary Pedagogy, 2018
• University of Notre Dame, B.A., English and Theology, magna cum laude, 2016

Languages

• Champion and Recipient of the William Jennings Bryan Award, Julius H. Miner Moot Court Competition (2022)
• National Champion and 2nd Place Oralist, Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition (2021)
• Recipient, Steven and Jane Bahls Merit Scholarship, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• Notes Editor, Northwestern University Law Review

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Vice President of Alumni Relations, Latinx Law Student Association, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law