Elana M. Ribman

Senior Partner, Shareholder
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“I sent a request on their website at night asking for someone to contact me about a legal issue. Promptly at 0900 the next morning I had a call from one of the lawyers. After a few minutes he asked me to send him some files and I was hiring them in under an hour. They were up front with pricing and how everything worked. I will be recommending Lovein Ribman to everyone I can. Addendum – Nick Messina was who helped me out.”

- Pope Xaos

“Words can not express how grateful I am to have worked with Lovein Ribman, in particular Nick Messina. (Luckily) I don’t deal with lawyers on a regular basis but if I did, Nick has set the bar in terms of my expectations. Super professional, prompt, proactive. Always feel that I was a priority and not just a number. Beyond that, Nick is a smart and savvy lawyer and the result was more than I could have ever hoped for! I only speak highly of my experience with him.”

- Mykyung Kang

About Elana M. Ribman

Elana Ribman is a Senior Partner at Lovein Ribman, P.C., where she specializes in matters involving intellectual property law and disputes, labor and employment law, business and commercial litigation, and other complex civil litigation.  Mrs. Ribman has over 20 years of complex litigation experience in both state and federal courts, to include prosecuting and defending employment, business, and intellectual property matters.

Mrs. Ribman received her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 1997, where she was an Associate Editor of the Syracuse Law Review.  During law school, she had the honor of serving as a judicial intern for Senior United States District Judge, John S. Rhoades, for the Southern District of California.

Mrs. Ribman is a member of both the Texas and California state bars, and is admitted to practice before all of the courts of the state of Texas and California as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Northern District of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

  • Syracuse University College of Law, J.D. 1997
  • American University, B.A. 1994
  • California State Bar, 1998
  • Texas State Bar, 2006
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2008
  • United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2003
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 1999
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2004
  • United States District Court, Southern District of California, Judicial Intern, 1996
  • Syracuse Law Review, Associate Editor
  • Dean’s List, Syracuse University College of Law (All Semesters)
  • Justinian Honorary Law Society, Member
  • Attorney of the Year Award
  • CO-Author of Texas Construction Law and Practice, published by LexisNexis and Matthew Bender 2025
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