Ellen E. Ostrow, Esq.

Ellen E. Ostrow is a senior counsel and litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP in Salt Lake City, where she focuses her practice on restructuring and bankruptcy. She has represented multiple unsecured creditors’ committees in the bankruptcies of manufacturers, event operators and health food suppliers; chapter 11 debtors in bankruptcies in the entertainment, mining and housing industries; purchasers of distressed assets; and various creditors, including major power purchase agreement creditors in energy industry bankruptcies and suppliers in large retail bankruptcies. In addition, Ms. Ostrow has experience successfully representing clients in complex litigation in state and federal courts, including fraudulent transfer, voidable transaction, receivership and Uniform Commercial Code disputes. Prior to joining the firm, she clerked for Hon. William T. Thurman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah. Ms. Ostrow was honored in 2020 as one of ABI’s “40 Under 40” and was named a “40 Under 40” in 2022 by Utah Business. She also was named a Utah Legal Elite, Up and Coming in Utah Business in 2018 and 2021, and the Utah State Bar’s Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project named her Attorney of the Year in 2018 and 2021. Ms. Ostrow is a member of ABI and Women Lawyers of Utah, trustee and secretary of the Utah Bankruptcy Lawyers Forum, a Barr Examiner Committee member of the Utah Bar Association, and a member of the Utah State Bar’s Litigation Section. She received her B.A. magna cum laude in 2007 from the University of Mary Washington and her J.D. cum laude in 2013 from the American University Washington College of Law, where she served as articles and critical essays editor of the American University International Law Review.