Elena A. Bolonina

Associate

Biography

Elena focuses her litigation practice on premises liability, products liability, and non-subscriber cases in state and federal courts, as well as commercial litigation. She has assisted in the representation of Fortune 100 companies throughout all phases of litigation, including drafting and reviewing motions, complaints, and appellate briefs. She also advises business owners on relevant aspects of litigation related to partnership disputes, protection of trade secrets, copyright, trademark infringement, fiduciary duties, and employee misconduct.

Elena is a Certiﬁed Mediator and fully bilingual in English and Russian.

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Representative Experience

Obtained summary judgments dismissal of a premises liability and negligence claims in Federal and Texas state Courts

Licensed In

Texas

Education

J.D. South Texas College of Law Houston

B.A. Russian State University for the Humanities

Memberships

Co-Chair, First Generation Lawyers Committee, Houston Young Lawyers Association (2025-2026)
Committee Member, National Retail & Restaurant Defense Association (2025-Present)
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (2023-Present)
Houston Bar Association (2021-Present)
Texas Bar Association (2021-Present)
AIPN Young Negotiators, South Texas College of Law Houston (2020)
Vice-President, AIPN Student Chapter, South Texas College of Law Houston (2020)
Vice-President of Programming, Jewish Law Society, South Texas College of Law Houston (2020)
Student Outreach Coordinator, Oil & Gas Law Society, South Texas College of Law Houston (2020)

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Speaking Engagements

“Distinguishing the Non-Subscriber Employer’s Duties,” Judicial Workplace Arbitrations (2026)
“Plaintiff’s Technical Tricks,” NRRDA Lighthouse Seminar (2024)
“Legal Education in the United States,” Udmurt State University, Russia (February 2020)
“The Voice of the God is Crippling: Law School for Helicoptered Millennials,” The Legal Malpractice and Ethics Symposium, St. Mary’s Law School (January 2020)
“Analysis of the JD Program and Specificity of Legal Education in the US,” Conference of Law, Society, State: Problems of Theory and History, People’s Friendship University of Russia (April 2018)

Publications

“The Voice of the God is Crippling: Law School for Helicoptered Millennials,” Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics, Volume 10 Number 1 (January 2020)
Senior Editor, Energy Newsletter, South Texas College of Law Houston (2020)
“2018 Professional Malpractice Survey Reports ‘Increase in Severity and Scope’ of Claims as Law Firms Adapt to Changing Markets,” Connecting Ethics & Practice: A Lawyer’s Guide to Professional Responsibility (Spring 2019)

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