Ellen A. Pansky

Ellen A. Pansky is the founder of Pansky Markle Attorneys at Law, South Pasadena, California, specializing in State Bar disciplinary defense and Bar admissions, legal ethics consultations, professional liability litigation and expert testimony. Ms. Pansky is a California State Bar Certified Legal Malpractice Specialist. Ms. Pansky has had extensive experience before the State Bar Court, and State Superior Courts, and has been admitted to practice before several districts of the U.S. District Court. She is a California State Bar certified MCLE provider. Ms. Pansky is active in the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (President, 1996), which awarded her the prestigious Charles W. Kettlewell Legal Ethics Advisor Award in 2016. Ms. Pansky served as President of the National Association of Women Lawyers (2003). She is an inaugural member of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, and she served as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. She also was a member of the Editorial Board of the ABA/BNA Lawyers Manual on Professional Conduct (2004-2007). She is a member of the United States District Court, Central District, Standing Committee on Discipline (2008-present). Ms. Pansky served as an Assistant Vice President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Board of Trustees and is a longstanding member of the L.A.C.B.A Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee (chair 1996-97).