Nell B. Cormack

Nell assists Calfee’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group, which advises business and governmental clients on managing their most challenging legal and business issues related to benefits and compensation.

Nell earned her J.D. in 2025 from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and worked for the federal government prior to joining Calfee in 2026.

Nell served as a Program Analyst in the External Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Civil Rights & Adjudication from 2023 to 2026.

While in law school, she also served as an associate editor of research of Drexel Law Review, as a Student Associate with LexisNexis and as a Legal Intern with the Clean Air Council.

Prior to attending law school, Nell was an AmeriCorps Vista Volunteer and Development Coordinator with the International Rescue Committee, and she served as an Education Volunteer with the Peace Corps in Tanzania.

Honors & Recognitions

• The Brian J. Dougherty Memorial Award, Twenty-First Annual Writing Competition, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, 2025
• Emalee G. Welsh Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, 2024

Education

J.D., Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, 2025

B.S., magna cum laude, Environmental Science, Marietta College, 2018

Publications

• The 10% Additional Tax on Early Distributions for Retirement Plans: Sound Policy or a Penalty for Being Poor?, 51-4 Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance 49 (2026).
• Note, Another Recycling Sham: Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Industries’ Wastewater, 16 Drexel Law Review 137 (2024).