Meet Ellen Trachman

Managing Attorney

Ellen Trachman founded Trachman Law Center, LLC in order to bring dedicated and compassionate legal representation to those wishing to build a family, or to help others build a family, through assisted reproductive technology. Originally from northern New Mexico, Ellen attended undergrad at the University of California, Berkeley, and law school at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

She is a member of the American Bar Association Assisted Reproductive Technology Committee, the Colorado Women's Bar Association, the Colorado LGBT Bar Association, the New Mexico LGBTQ Bar Association, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and RESOLVE, the national infertility association. Ellen co-founded the Colorado Fertility Advocates, a non-profit group dedicated to supporting Colorado families and fertility advocates.

Ms. Trachman received the 2015 Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year award from the Colorado LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, 2017 Volunteer of the Year award from the GLBT Community Center of Colorado, and in 2018 was named by Denver Business Journal as one of Denver’s 40 Under 40. In 2019, Ellen was a finalist of the Shining Star Award with the Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy (SEEDS). In 2020, Ellen was awarded Ally of the Year by the Colorado LGBT Bar Association.

Ellen writes a weekly column on assisted reproductive technology legal issues for Above the Law and co-hosts the podcast I Want To Put A Baby In You.   

Ellen is licensed and in good standing in California, Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico.

She is a frequent speaker for CLEs, fertility clinics and expos, legal organizations, universities, embryology associations, and others on assisted reproductive technology law.

PERSONAL

Ellen and her husband Will are honored and delighted to be raising four kids-- Meira, Turner, Zev, and Lindy -- as well as their fur child, Teddy.

Contact

You can email Ellen directly at etrachman@trachmanlawcenter.com