About Ellen M.
Ellen M. Gillespie has practiced law for decades and serves as a partner at Savo, Schalk, Gillespie, O Grodnick & Fisher, P.A. She works across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, combining courtroom experience and transactional practice.
Her academic path began with a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University in 1976. She earned her Juris Doctor from Rutgers University Law School in 1979. After several years in practice she returned to study and completed an LL.M. in Taxation at Temple University in 1985. That advanced degree has informed much of her later work.
Gillespie’s career has unfolded in both states where she is licensed. She holds active memberships in the New Jersey Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Over the years she rose through firm ranks and now holds a partner role at Savo, Schalk, Gillespie, O Grodnick & Fisher, P.A., where she shares responsibility for client matters and firm practice.
Her training in taxation shapes how she approaches legal problems. She handles matters that often involve tax planning, compliance questions and related disputes. Clients come to her for advice on structuring transactions and addressing tax consequences, and she regularly coordinates with accountants and other professionals. She also addresses non-tax issues that intersect with financial and business concerns, bringing a legal perspective informed by tax law study.
Colleagues describe Gillespie as steady and pragmatic. She prefers clear analysis and practical solutions over rhetorical flourish. Her courtroom work and transactional practice have required both litigation strategy and meticulous document review. She has balanced courtroom appearances with negotiated resolutions in matters that touch on both state and federal tax considerations.
At the firm she is part of a team that serves a mix of individual and business clients. Her practice spans advisory work and dispute resolution in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She continues to take cases and client engagements that draw on her LL.M. training and decades of experience, and her current practice focuses on tax-related legal work and associated business matters in those jurisdictions.
