Ellis George LLP is pleased to announce attorney M. Cris Armenta has joined the firm as Partner.
“Cris is a perfect fit for our firm,” said Managing Partner Keith Wesley. “She is a zealous and experienced advocate who is capable of taking any dispute to trial and winning. She is also a champion of a variety of causes outside the courtroom and in the community. We are thrilled to count Cris as our newest partner.”
Prior to joining Ellis George, Armenta started her own law firm in 2005 where she managed a varied litigation practice that includes areas such as real estate, copyright, trademarks, constitutional law, corporate disputes, and white-collar defense. Before founding her own firm, Armenta was a lawyer at Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom LLP.
Armenta has been named by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2018 to the Women’s Council Awards, selected to the Southern California Super Lawyers list from 2019 to 2022, and recognized by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Women Lawyers in California. She is a past Board Member of the Southern California ACLU and the Century City Bar Association, and she was President of her sorority at U.C. Berkeley.
