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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.

Elsbeth originally joined the firm in 2014. In 2021, she joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division’s Fraud Section. Elsbeth returned to the firm as a counsel in 2022.

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (2013); B.A., American University (2009).

Elsbeth is a member of the Bar in New York and Washington, D.C., and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.