Ellin specialises in information law with a focus on privacy, data governance and automated decision-making technologies, particularly artificial intelligence. She supports government and organisations to navigate complex legal and regulatory requirements, translating them into practical and trustworthy governance frameworks that enable innovation while safeguarding public trust and confidence.
Clients value Ellin for her extensive experience and broad exposure to interdisciplinary engagement which enable her to identify connections, risks and collaborative opportunities that may be missed in siloed analysis. She is a trusted legal advisor to government and organisations inleading key priorities, delivering robust, solution-focused approach for clients in high stakes, decisions and fast-moving environments.
Ellin brings diverse working experience across the public and private sectors, as well as international organisations including the United Nations Commission of International Trade Law in South Korea and the O'Neill Institute for Global and National Health Law in Georgetown, Washington DC.
She also holds a Master's in medical and health law and has completed further study in AI in health care and AI in government. Ellin was selected by the World Association of Medical Law to present her paper on leveraging AI to enhance ethical, medical and legal decision-making in neonatal medicine at the World Congress of Medical Law in Turkey.
Experience
- Supports Commonwealth agencies and departments in statutory interpretation, dispute resolution and review proceedings, including preparing decisions under the Health Insurance Act 1975 (Cth), advising in Federal Court judicial review matters and merits review proceedings, and advising on privacy and information disclosure obligations.
- Advises the Commonwealth on privacy, FOI, records management and automated decision-making, including key AI initiatives such as multi-agent systems, large language models and generative AI. In doing so, Ellin specialises in translating complex regulatory requirements when preparing practical governance frameworks and guidance materials.
- Prepares privacy impact assessments (PIAs) for major digital transformation and identity projects, including Passkeys, Digital Identity and myGov platforms.
- Advises on fraud and information-sharing frameworks, identifying statutory pathways to enable cross-agency data sharing while navigating complex secrecy provisions.
- Provides advice on Commonwealth records obligations under the Archives Act, including retention and destruction requirements for large-scale service delivery.
- Advises government agencies on Indigenous data governance and culturally appropriate data-sharing practices to support ethical and compliant privacy frameworks.