Elizabeth "Libby" Locke is an American lawyer. She specializes in defamation cases. Together with her husband Tom Clare she owns the law firm Clare Locke.
Elizabeth "Libby" Locke[1]
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Locke and her husband Tom Clare run the law firm Clare Locke LLP.[2] They founded Clare Locke in 2014 after leaving Kirkland & Ellis LLP and each owns half of the company.[3] Clare Locke specializes in reputation-based cases, especially defamation.[4]
In 2016 Locke represented a University of Virginia administrator against Rolling Stone magazine in a case resulting from the article "A Rape on Campus",[5] yielding a $3 million jury verdict.[6]
In 2016 Locke represented Graham Spanier in a lawsuit against Louis Freeh which resulted from an investigation Freeh had conducted into the Jerry Sandusky scandal.[7]
In 2019 she represented Sarah Palin in a lawsuit against The New York Times.[8]
In 2019 she defensed Matt Lauer against sexual assault allegations.[1]
In 2020 Locke represented Away in a case against The Verge.[9][10]
In 2021 she represented Project Veritas in a defamation lawsuit against Stanford University.[11] She also represented Project Veritas against The New York Times.[12][13][14]
In 2021 Locke represented ShotSpotter in a defamation lawsuit against Vice Media.[15]
In 2023, the firm was one of two to negotiate a settlement with Fox News on behalf of their client, Dominion Voting Systemsinthe defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion in 2021.[6]
Her father was a businessman and air national guardsman, her mother was a pediatric emergency room nurse and later dog breeder. She has one child with Clare and two from a previous marriage.[3]
She enjoys dressage and gymnastics.[3]
Locke identifies politically as an American conservative.[3]
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