About Elias

Elias is an experienced litigator and strategic counselor. As an associate in Cooley’s Supreme Court and appellate practice, he represents clients in the high-pressure world of litigation and focuses on appellate and US Supreme Court matters.

Passions

Running and hiking

Reading literature, philosophy and biographies

FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur

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Admissions and credentials

  • District of Columbia

Experience

  • Cooley Argues for Transgender Student Athletes Before US Supreme Court

    • Cooley Argues for Transgender Student Athletes Before US Supreme Court

    January 13, 2026

    Cooley appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States as it heard oral arguments in West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox, two cases challenging laws that categorically bar transgender girls and women from participating on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. Cooley partner Kathleen Hartnett presented argument for Lindsay Hecox, a transgender woman who challenged an Idaho law barring all transgender girls and women from participating on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. Hartnett led the Cooley team, which includes partners Raymond Tolentino and Ephraim McDowell, special counsel Joshua Revesz and Patrick Hayden, and associates Katelyn Kang, Elias Kim, Valeria Pelet del Toro, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Zoë Helstrom and Celene Chen.

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    Related contacts

    Kathleen R. Hartnett
    Partner, San Francisco
    Raymond P. Tolentino
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Ephraim McDowell
    Partner, Washington, DC
    Joshua Revesz
    Special Counsel, Washington, DC
    Patrick J. Hayden
    Special Counsel, New York
    Katelyn Kang
    Associate, New York
    Elias S. Kim
    Associate, Washington, DC
    Valeria M. Pelet del Toro
    Associate, New York
    Elizabeth Reinhardt
    Associate, Washington, DC
    Zoë Helstrom
    Associate, San Francisco
    Celene Chen
    Associate, Boston

    Related Practices & Industries

    Pro Bono
    Supreme Court and Appellate
    Trials
    Commercial Litigation

  • Cooley Challenges New Federal Execution Regulations

    • Cooley Challenges New Federal Execution Regulations

    December 23, 2020

    Cooley has filed a complaint on behalf of the Federal Capital Habeas Project and four inmates who have been sentenced to death seeking an immediate stay of new US Department of Justice regulations that govern the manner of federal executions and unlawfully eliminate critical safeguards restricting how the federal government executes individuals. The lawsuit asserts that, by providing new and wide-ranging powers to the US attorney general, the final rule violates the US Constitution, the Federal Death Penalty Act and the Administrative Procedure Act in multiple respects. Lawyers Elizabeth Prelogar, Elizabeth Wright, Elias Kim, Colin Scott and Jenny Elkin lead the Cooley effort.

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    Related contacts

    Elizabeth Wright
    Partner, Boston
    Elias S. Kim
    Associate, Washington, DC

    Related Practices & Industries

    Pro Bono

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