ELLIE DEGARMO focuses her practice on healthcare regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters.
Prior to joining Sidley, Ellie was graduate student in a joint J.D./M.P.H. degree program at Georgetown University Law Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. While attending Georgetown, she was a student attorney in the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic, a senior editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, and treasurer of the Health Law Society. At Johns Hopkins, Ellie received the “M.P.H. COVID-Related Capstone Award of Distinction for Outstanding Achievement” for her capstone.
Ellie had several internships during her time in graduate school, including positions as a law clerk for the Health Team on the Committee on Finance in the United States Senate, a legal intern in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a policy intern at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, a research fellow at FreeState Justice, and an intern at Community Legal Services.
Ellie graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in public and international affairs. She also received a Certificate in Global Health and Health Policy. While attending Princeton, Ellie was a U.S. Health Policy Scholar and a peer health adviser.