Meet Stephanie Pries

Over 18 years leading legal for Notre Dame’s $22B investment office, I closed 980+ complex fund agreements and built institutional compliance from the ground up—turning legal challenges into strategic leverage.

What sets me apart isn’t just experience—it’s insider clarity. I know what investment teams truly need, because I’ve lived it.

I founded Endowment Legal Services (ELS) to give you the legal support you’ve been missing: High-level counsel. Flat fees. No junior handoffs.

Working with me means:

• 26 years of investment law expertise—direct access, no layers.

• Surgical precision across asset classes, terms, and blind spots.

• Transparent flat-fee pricing—so you never hesitate to pick up the phone.

• A strategic partner inside your team, not a nameless contact on the outside.

I’ve lived the investment world from every angle.

• Raised on the Bronx Community College campus, where my mother was Dean.

• Princeton (BA), Stanford (MA), Santa Clara Law (JD, Editor-in-Chief)

• Early career: Institute of International Education, championing global student success.

• Managed Funds Association strategist, advocating for alternatives in D.C.

At home, my husband—a professor of economics—and I raised two Princeton varsity rowers.

Commitment isn’t a tagline for us. It’s how we live.

It’s how I work with every client.

You shouldn’t have to choose between overpriced law firms and generic advice.

I built this firm so you don’t have to.