Position: Member

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Website: www.clarelocke.com

Admitted: 2005, Virginia; 2007, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2005

College: New York University, College of Arts and Science, B.A., 2001

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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Litigation; First Amendment & Defamation

Additional Information: 

Libby is a highly accomplished defamation lawyer and commercial litigator who devotes her practice to representing clients facing high-profile reputational attacks and litigating complex business disputes.

Libby has extensive experience representing clients in defamation matters adverse to national print, broadcast, and online media outlets — and she routinely advises clients who are dealing with the media in crisis situations. She has litigated high-profile libel and slander cases and — both in and outside of the litigation process — has obtained prominent corrections, retractions, and apologies for her clients. Some of Libby’s biggest defamation “wins” are stories the public will never hear about; she has killed flawed articles and broadcast segments in outlets including The New York Times, Vanity Fair and The Dr. Oz Show.

As a former partner at one of the nation’s premier law firms, Libby also has extensive experience handling complex business disputes in state and federal courts around the country. Libby has litigated class actions, mass actions, data breaches, defamation cases, agent compensation issues, hurricane and catastrophe coverage issues, associational standing cases, efforts by the media to intervene and unseal confidential documents and information, internal leak investigations, securities matters, RICO, and construction matters. As a former law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and mentee of senior appellate litigation partners at Kirkland, Libby has extensive experience handling appeals and amicus briefs in the federal Courts of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court and the Virginia Supreme Court. Libby is ranked in the category of global defamation/reputation management providers in the inaugural Chambers HNW 2016 directory for the private wealth market. In 2014, she was named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine in appellate litigation.

Libby’s recent litigation representations include the successful prosecution of a high-stakes contract action in the Eastern District of Virginia (the “Rocket Docket”). Joining the team less than two months before trial, Libby played a critical role in securing summary judgment establishing the breach of a complex development contract and, after a six-day bench trial, obtaining a mandatory specific performance order requiring the defendant, a national homebuilder, to complete construction of critical development infrastructure within a specified timeframe.

Firm Members: Thomas Clare

Firm Members: Andrew Phillips

Firm Members: Megan Meier