Ellen Slipp

Ellen Slipp was a Managing Director and Head of Litigation for the Citi Private Bank from 2005-2019. In that role, she managed litigation both domestically, and for a large portion of those years globally, including: securities litigation, employment law claims, trust litigation, internal investigations, ethics hotline inquiries, whistleblower claims, and customer complaints.

Prior to that, she spent 11 years principally supporting Citi’s wealth management division – Smith Barney. She tried numerous sales practice and employment arbitrations, represented the company and individual employees in regulatory inquiries, and was responsible for civil litigation. Ellen has broad industry knowledge in all aspects of financial services, including, but not limited to: retail sales distribution, capital markets, investment banking, lending, trust matters, and specific complex product issues. She worked closely with the Claimants’ bar to develop a list of permissively discoverable documents for the large number of arbitration claims that had been filed after the 2008 credit crisis saving both parties significant time and expense.

Ellen is a frequent public speaker on a range of securities litigation topics. She has presented at SIFMA, NYS Bar, NYC Bar, ABA Women in Finance, Independent Broker Dealer Consortium (IBDC) as well as PLI seminars.  She has also been a guest lecturer at St. Johns, Pace and Miami law schools. Between 2016 and 2019, she served as a member of the National Arbitration and Mediation Committee of FINRA (NAMC) which includes representatives from the securities industry, PIABA, and law school clinics. In that role, she worked on specific rule changes with Claimants’ counsel.

Before joining Citigroup, she was an Assistant District Attorney both in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office and at the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor in Manhattan. While an assistant, she tried numerous felony cases and effectively negotiated with defense counsel on hundreds of felony indictments.

Ellen graduated from Suffolk University Law School and Union College (NY).