Elsbeth Bennett
Elsbeth Bennett’s practice focuses on civil litigation matters. Elsbeth has represented companies in a wide-ranging variety of disputes in state and federal courts, including securities fraud, restructuring disputes, consumer class actions, and trade secret misappropriation. In 2018, Elsbeth was seconded to the Federal Public Defenders for the Eastern District of Virginia where she represented criminal defendants. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
About
Elsbeth Bennett is a Counsel at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in the United States. Her practice focuses on civil litigation, including securities fraud, restructuring disputes, consumer class actions, and trade secret misappropriation. In 2018, she was seconded to the Federal Public Defenders for the Eastern District of Virginia representing criminal defendants. She originally joined the firm in 2014, joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney in 2021, and returned to the firm as counsel in 2022.
Practice areas
Office
Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (2013)
- B.A., American University (2009)
Admissions
- New York Bar
- Washington, D.C. Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims