Elizabeth Keys
Associate
Liz is an Associate at Wilkinson Stekloff. Before joining the firm, she was a law clerk for Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
During law school, Liz served as Managing Editor of the Georgetown Food and Drug Law Journal. She also interned for Judge Paul L. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Michael R. Barrett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. Prior to law school, she worked in international management consulting in the life sciences and healthcare sectors in the U.S., U.K., and Switzerland.
Education
- Undergraduate: Tufts University, B.A. (2014)
- Law: Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. (2020)
Clerkship
Judge Amy Berman Jackson, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2020–2021)
Notable Matters
- Member of the trial team that secured a groundbreaking victory for Microsoft, defeating the FTC’s efforts to enjoin its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard and winning the second-biggest merger trial in American history. Following a five-day bench trial, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley denied the FTC’s motion for preliminary injunction, finding that the FTC failed to make its case that the acquisition would substantially lessen competition in the gaming industry. Member of the team that subsequently directed post-trial legal strategy, in which Microsoft defeated the FTC’s motions in the trial court and the district court to enjoin the transaction pending an appeal, clearing the path for the deal to close.
- Member of the team representing a class of plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging abortion restrictions in Arizona.