Scarola Ellis LLP is a rarity in New York City — a small firm that provides sophisticated representation in the entire array of complex commercial matters. Our lawyers are highly accomplished and have distinguished themselves through academic excellence and government and public service. Most of our attorneys practiced for many years in New York's finest large firms. A number of us have also spent many years as in-house counsel to public companies.

We have chosen the small firm setting for our practice because it provides us and our clients with great efficiencies and is fertile ground for innovation.

Our practice includes complex commercial litigation in all substantive areas, corporate law (including mergers and acquisitions, securities law, general corporate representation and representation of emerging companies from early stages of financing through their growth into public companies), intellectual property law (and related litigation), environmental law and related regulatory issues and negotiations, toxic tort law, real estate law, estate planning and administration, employment law and insolvency. Our litigation practice includes trial and appellate work, as well as mediation, in business disputes and complex controversies of all types, with an emphasis on bringing cases to trial and cost-effective results.

We have the talent, resources and technology to do the work of much larger firms, with far more efficiency and attention from senior lawyers than larger firms can offer. As many firms grow beyond the 1000 attorney mark, and some break the $1000 per hour billing barrier, we disprove the myth of “the bigger, the better” model that dominates the legal services community. The best often comes in the smaller packages.

The Firm's practice dates back to 1991.