Libby Locke

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Elizabeth "Libby" Locke [1]
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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.

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Career

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 Systems in the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion in 2021. [6]

Personal life

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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  2. ↑ Staff, ALM. "Winning Litigators: Tom Clare & Libby Locke, Clare Locke". law.com. The National Law Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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