Elizabeth C. Arens

Associate

earens@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-2401
Tel: 202.662.5827
Fax: 202.778.5827


 

Practices

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2006
    • cum laude
    • Furman Scholar
    • Seymour A. Levy Memorial Award
    • NYU Annual Survey of American Law, Development Editor 
  • Princeton University, A.B., 1999
    • summa cum laude
    • Carter Kim Combe ’74 Prize
    • Women’s Collegiate Squash Scholar-Athlete Award (1997-1998, 1998-99)

Judicial Clerkship

  • Hon. Edward C. Prado, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2006-2007

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • New York


Elizabeth Arens is an associate in the firm’s litigation and antitrust & consumer law practices.  She has represented clients in trial, appellate, and arbitration proceedings as well as Federal Trade Commission investigations.  Ms. Arens has also advised clients on a range of antitrust issues.

Representative Matters

  • Represents a leading electronics company in a multi-district class action antitrust litigation.
  • Represented a major utility in insurance coverage litigation relating to environmental liabilities.
  • Advised a leading telecommunications company on antitrust issues in connection with a joint venture.
  • Represented a financial services company in a copyright and trade secrets litigation concerning computer software.
  • Represented a major pharmaceutical company in dealings with the Federal Trade Commission regarding a patent litigation settlement.

Previous Experience

  • Ms. Arens has worked as a writer and editor at two Washington-based political journals, Policy Review and The Public Interest.  She served as Managing Editor of The Public Interest from 2001 to 2003.

Honors and Rankings

  • Seymour A. Levy Memorial Award for the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Annual Survey of American Law.

Pro Bono

  • Represents inmates in parole hearings before the United States Parole Commission.
  • Represents an Alabama death row inmate in federal habeas proceedings in the Northern District of Alabama.
  • Represented a defendant in a complex criminal appeal in the Sixth Circuit.

Publications and Speeches

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