Elena Inés Highton de Nolasco (born 7 December 1942) is an Argentine lawyer, judge and a member of Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina since 2004. Highton was born in Lomas de Zamora in Buenos Aires Province. She qualified as a lawyer, procurator and notary in 1966 at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Her postgraduate studies were at UBA, Harvard Law School and the University of Nevada. From 1967 she practised as a lawyer and in 1973 she became an official defence lawyer for incapable defendants. In 1979 she became a judge, joining the national Appeals Court in 1994. She taught extensively particularly at UBA, and has written several books largely on civil law.