Professor of Law

Professor Elizabeth Pendo joined the SLU LAW faculty in 2008 after a year-long visit. She is a member of the Center for Health Law Studies and the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law. Professor Pendo teaches and writes in the areas of disability discrimination, health law and bioethics, employment discrimination law and civil procedure. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of issues of disability, gender and race in health insurance, health care and employment.

Professor Pendo graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles and received her J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law. Before entering academia, Professor Pendo served as a Pro Se Law Clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and she practiced as an ERISA litigation specialist in the law department of MetLife in New York. She is a member of the state bars of California and New York.

Prior to joining the faculty at SLU LAW, she taught at Saint Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida. While in Florida, Professor Pendo served as appointed member and elected Chair of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration's Managed Care Ombudsman Committee, investigating and resolving health care consumer complaints regarding services received through managed care programs.

Professor Pendo has also taught health law and bioethics-related courses in the Masters of Science in Health Law Program at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, for the Certificate Program for the Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University and at The Royal College University Escorial Maria Cristina in Spain.