Elissa M. Boyd focuses her practice on insurance coverage advice and litigation in Oregon, Washington, and Pennsylvania. She has extensive experience in complex third-party and first-party insurance analysis and litigation before state and federal courts, as well as experience first-chairing defense and insurance coverage litigation. Elissa’s insurance practice encompasses a wide variety of coverages, including commercial general liability, environmental liability, homeowners coverage, directors and officers liability, and errors and omissions policies.

As an integral part of Chartwell’s Pacific Northwest presence, Elissa focuses on meeting all of her clients’ needs. She has participated in numerous presentations to keep clients abreast of the changing legal landscape and has assisted in creating client procedures and endorsements.

Prior to joining Chartwell, Elissa practiced insurance coverage and commercial litigation at an insurance coverage and defense firm in Portland, Oregon. While in law school, she was an article editor for the Michigan Journal of Gender and Law and interned at both Legal Aid and the YWCA in Omaha, Nebraska, where she focused on helping survivors of domestic violence.

Named to The Best Lawyers^© in America, Insurance Law, Portland, OR (2026-27)

Selected to Oregon Rising Stars® (2017-2021)