Elizabeth Locke

Career

Libby is one of the country’s most sought-after libel lawyers. She is a trusted counselor and fierce advocate for Fortune 100 companies and high-profile individuals facing existential attacks from the national media, achieving remarkable results for her clients both in and outside the courtroom. Court watchers have called her “as good as they get,” “aggressive and not afraid to litigate,” and someone who is “media-friendly … and very good at dealing with the public scrutiny that comes with [high-profile] cases.” Recognized as an expert in libel law, Libby has been ranked as a Band 1 global defamation/reputation management provider in Chambers & Partners HNW directory every year since its inception in 2016, and a Band 1 First Amendment Litigator in Chambers & Partners USA since 2020. In 2019, the National Law Journal named her as one of D.C.’s 40 Under 40. Libby graduated from New York University with a degree in Politics and Economics and received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school, she clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and then began her career at Kirkland & Ellis, where she was a partner before founding Clare Locke LLP.