Practice Areas
- Long-Term & Elder Care Litigation
- Medical Malpractice Defense
- Premises Liability
Ellie Friedman joined Huff Powell Bailey in 2025, and she is an associate in the law firm’s Atlanta, Georgia office. Ellie’s practice is devoted primarily to medical malpractice defense. She represents physicians, providers, and healthcare entities in high exposure, complex litigation.
Ellie has been practicing law since 2016. Before joining the firm, Ellie was a Deputy District Attorney in the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office in the Birmingham Division located in Birmingham, Alabama. She prosecuted hundreds of cases ranging from misdemeanor offenses to capital murder. After leaving the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office, Ellie joined the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office as a Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Homicide and Gang Unit. As a Senior Assistant District Attorney, she handled complex, gang-related homicides involving multiple victims and multiple defendants.
- B.A., Political Science and Spanish, summa cum laude, University of Alabama – Honors College (2013)
- J.D., University of Alabama School of Law (2016)
- State Bar of Georgia
- State Bar of Alabama
- Supreme Court of Alabama
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Department of Homeland Security Outstanding Victim Protection and Countering Human Trafficking 2023
- Moderator of the Women in Politics Panel
- Panelist for GirlSpring’s Human Trafficking Training
- Panelist for Global Ties Alabama on Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness
- Presenter at the One Place Family Justice Center Awards
- Panelist for Leadership Birmingham
- Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force
- Children’s Policy Counsel State Trafficking Educator
- YWCA Human Trafficking Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Northern District of Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force