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EDUCATION
Elena graduated with honors from Barnard College in New York, with a B.A. in Political Science, and received her Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center. While in law school, she served as a member of the American Criminal Law Review where she authored several published articles, and worked in the Environmental Law Clinic, successfully representing the Mattaponi Tribe of Virginia in their fight to protect their water rights.
elena Belov
Elena A. Belov is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Data Privacy and Security Practice group at Almeida Law Group LLC. After receiving her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, Elena began her legal career as a defense attorney at Milbank LLP, a renowned international law firm, where she represented Fortune 500 companies in complex commercial litigations including corporate law, contractual disputes, and insurance and securities fraud. As part of her dedication to public service, Elena clerked on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, taught environmental law at the University of Washington School of Law, and developed domestic and international regulations of industrial activities in the Arctic while working at the World Wildlife Fund. At ALG, Elena is dedicated to fighting corporate malfeasance by investigating and prosecuting consumer class actions, including data privacy litigation, in state and federal courts throughout the country.
Some of Elena’s current matters include:
- Bardwell v. Mt. Baker Imaging, LLC, No. 25-2-00463037 (Whatcom Cnty. Sup. Ct., Wash. Mar. 6, 2025) (co-lead counsel in a data breach class action)
- Dixon v. Medical Express Ambulance Service, Inc., No. 2025CH04441 (Cook Cnty. Cir. Ct., Ill. Apr. 21, 2025) (co-lead counsel in a data breach class action)
- Nadeau v. Onsite Mammography, LLC, No. 3:25-cv-11123 (W.D. Mass. Apr. 25, 2025) (interim co-lead application pending)
- McNamara v. Northwell Health, Inc. et al., (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Nassau Cnty. June 12, 2025) (interim co-lead application pending)
Bar Admissions and Credentials
Elena is admitted to the New York State Bar, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Elena A. Belov, Esq.
elena@almeidalawgroup.com
(708) 232-3274