Elisa S. Worthington joined Garvin & Tripp as an associate in 1998, after graduating with high honors from the University of Florida College of Law. While in law school, Elisa served as a member of the Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Team. A recipient of the William C. Gaither Memorial Award for Outstanding Moot Court Team Member, she earned her place on the Team in the Fall 1996 Intramural Competition, arguing a case before the Florida Supreme Court and winning, for the first time in Moot Court history, all four awards: Best Brief, Best Team, Best Oralist, and Best Overall Competitor. Elisa went on to win Best Oralist at the 1997 Spong Moot Court Tournament at William and Mary, and swept the awards at the 1997 Florida Bar Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition, again arguing before the Florida Supreme Court. Along with her Moot Court accomplishments, Elisa earned Book Awards in Labor Law, Legal Drafting, Criminal Procedure, Civil Clinic, Negotiation, and Trial Practice. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, The Order of Barristers and The Order of the Coif.

At Garvin & Tripp, Elisa’s practice involves general civil litigation, at the trial and appellate levels, in both state and federal courts. She is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Florida; the Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals; and the United States Supreme Court. Elisa also serves as a Child Support Enforcement Hearing Officer for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.

Elisa is a member of The Florida Bar; the Lee County, Federal, and American Bar Associations; The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; and The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.