Bio

Ellen Leonida is a partner at BraunHagey & Borden. Her practice focuses on leading a broad range of impact litigation in state and federal courts. She also heads the firm’s white collar practice. Ellen has conducted over 80 jury trials in federal courts in the Northern District of California and California state courts. She served as the forensic staff attorney for the Northern District of California Federal Defender’s Office, where she developed an annual DNA boot camp and offered training and guidance to criminal defense attorneys throughout the country on forensic issues. She has lectured nationally on topics including DNA, digital forensics, and trial skills.