Overview
Chelsea Pieroni is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group and focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, appellate litigation, and intellectual property law. She was raised in Italy and received her higher education in North Carolina at both Duke University and the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Before joining Ellis & Winters, Chelsea clerked at the North Carolina Court of Appeals for the Honorable John S. Arrowood and the Honorable Tobias S. Hampson. When Chelsea isn’t busy practicing law, she can be found tending to various native or edible gardening projects.
Besides English, Chelsea is fluent in Italian and is proficient in French.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 2020
- B.A., Duke University, 2014
- Honors: Cum Laude
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- New York
- Tennessee
Court Admissions
- Eastern District of North Carolina
- Middle District of North Carolina
- Western District of North Carolina
- Eastern District of Tennessee
- Middle District of Tennessee
- Western District of Tennessee
- Northern District of Illinois
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Memberships and Associations
- DRI, Member
- Trademark SLG Vice Chair
- International Trademark Association
- International Amicus Committee
Presentations/Publications
- Co-author, Voluntary Dismissals of Putative Class Actions Under Federal Rule 23(e): Permission, or Forgiveness?, Best in Class blog
- Co-author, The Eleventh Circuit Speaks Firmly on Calculating Attorneys’ Fees: Look to the Local Community and Mind Your Multipliers, Best in Class Blog
- Co-author, That Don’t Impress Me Much! Recent Eleventh Circuit Decision Weighs in on Whether Paying Off a Class Can Moot a Class Action, with Fourth Circuit Law Remaining Inconclusive, Best in Class Blog
- Co-author, More Money, More Problems: Ninth Circuit Rejects $1.7 Million Attorneys’ Fees Calculation for $52,000 Class Action Settlement, With A Glance At Fourth Circuit Lodestar Analysis, Best in Class Blog
- La Crypto Nostra: How Organized Crime Thrives in the Era of Cryptocurrency, North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 20, December 2018
Updates
News Posts
- Chelsea Pieroni Appointed to International Amicus Committee with INTA
- Ellis & Winters Attorneys to Emcee North Carolina Bar Association Appellate Discussion with U.S. Supreme Court Emergency Applications Attorney Robert Meek
- Ellis & Winters Attorneys Participated in the 2023 Appellate Court Intern Moot Court Competition
- Ellis & Winters Attorneys Featured in the 2023 March Issue of Attorney at Law Magazine
- Ellis & Winters Welcomes Six Attorneys to the Litigation Group
Best in Class Posts
- Terms and Conditions WILL Apply: How a Contract Clause Can Kill a Class Claim
- Third Time’s Not a Charm: Recent Fourth Circuit Decision Affirming Denial of Class Certification Reinforces Certain Tenets of Rule 23 Analysis
- Voluntary Dismissals of Putative Class Actions Under Federal Rule 23(e): Permission, or Forgiveness?
- The Eleventh Circuit Speaks Firmly on Calculating Attorneys’ Fees: Look to the Local Community and Mind Your Multipliers
- That Don’t Impress Me Much! Recent Eleventh Circuit Decision Weighs in on Whether Paying Off a Class Can Moot a Class Action, with Fourth Circuit Law Remaining Inconclusive.