Chelsea Pieroni

Overview

Chelsea Pieroni is a member of the firm’s Litigation Group and focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation. 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.

While earning her undergraduate degree, cum laude, in Philosophy and Information Sciences at Duke University, Chelsea was a photographer for the student newspaper, The Chronicle, and studied classical piano. During her pursuit of a J.D. degree at the University of North Carolina School of Law, she served as Managing Editor of the North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology and a was member of the Holderness Moot Court Arbitration Team.

Chelsea has a propensity for identifying and distinguishing subtle differences in qualitative information, which led her to pursue an education in philosophy. She is also able to differentiate environmental and cultural nuances and determined a career in law was a good match for her natural inclinations. This was a wise choice, as Chelsea is flourishing in her legal practice.

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. She also served as a legal extern at the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation.

When Chelsea isn’t busy practicing law, she can often be found gardening at the Briggs Avenue Community Garden as part of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension or at her home garden filled with both flowers and vegetables. During the pandemic, Chelsea began birding, and has learned to recognize many bird calls while identifying and observing birds in their natural habitat. Chelsea is also an urban biker, and is active with Bike Durham, an organization advocating for safe, affordable, and sustainable transportation.

Besides English, Chelsea is fluent in Italian and is proficient in French.