Elise Kostial focuses on appellate advocacy and motions practice.
Before joining Jones Day in 2026, Elise served as a law clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States Supreme Court. She also has served as a law clerk to Judge Gregory Katsas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Chief Judge William Pryor of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
- Yale University (J.D. 2022; Features & Book Reviews Editor, Yale Law Journal; Recipient, Higginbotham/Cardozo Prize in moot court); Stanford University (B.A. in Political Science with honors and distinction 2018)
- District of Columbia
- Law Clerk to: Chief Justice John Roberts, United States Supreme Court (2024-2025); Judge Gregory Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (2023-2024); and Chief Judge William Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (2022-2023)
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