Libby Locke

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.

Career
Locke and her husband Tom Clare run the law firm Clare Locke LLP. They founded Clare Locke in 2014 after leaving Kirkland & Ellis LLP and each owns half of the company. Clare Locke specializes in reputation-based cases, especially defamation.

In 2016 Locke represented a University of Virginia administrator against Rolling Stone magazine in a case resulting from the article "A Rape on Campus", yielding a $3 million jury verdict.

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.

In 2019 she represented Sarah Palin in a lawsuit against The New York Times.

In 2019 she defensed Matt Lauer against sexual assault allegations.

In 2020 Locke represented Away in a case against The Verge.

In 2021 she represented Project Veritas in a defamation lawsuit against Stanford University. She also represented Project Veritas against The New York Times.

In 2021 Locke represented ShotSpotter in a defamation lawsuit against Vice Media.

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.

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.

She enjoys dressage and gymnastics.

Locke identifies politically as an American conservative.