
Elizabeth Conkin is a 1986 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law. After eight successful years as a civil litigation and trial attorney in Chicago, she moved to Cincinnati in 1994, where she continued as a civil litigation and trial attorney until 2012. For the past 10 years, Ms. Conkin has been Of Counsel with Arenstein & Gallagher, where Ms. Conkin represents appellate clients in both state and federal courts. Ms. Conkin is one of only a few local lawyers in private practice handling federal Habeas Corpus litigation.
Areas Of Practice
- Criminal Law
Education
- Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. - 1986
- DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
- B.A. - 1983
- Major: English Literature
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1986
- Ohio, 1995
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Representative Cases
- Carusone v. Warden, 966 F.3d 474, 2020, 6th Cir.
- State v. Honeycutt, 2014-Ohio-352, 12th Dist.
- State v. Tommy Glover, 2023-Ohio-1153 (1st Dist.) 202
Past Employment Positions
- Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, 2001-2011
- Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, 1994-1999
- Pretzel & Stouffer, 1989-1994
- Goggin, Cutler & Hull
- Sherman, Gray & Lloyd