Canizares, Elizabeth K.

Year Joined Organization: 2007

Lawyer Overview

Elizabeth Canizares is a senior associate in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the Investigations and Criminal Litigation Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2007.

Practice

Ms. Canizares’s practice focuses on representing clients in connection with Congressional and government investigations. Ms. Canizares counsels individuals invited to testify before Congress. She also provides advice and support to corporate clients under investigation by the US Government regarding compliance with federal laws, including matters related to the financial crisis and the Deepwater Horizon incident.

Past Experience

While in law school, Ms. Canizares completed legal internships with the US Department of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; the US Agency for International Development, Office of the General Counsel; the US Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security; and the US Department of Justice, Commercial Litigation Division.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation/Controversy
• Investigations and Criminal Litigation

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Education

• George Washington University Law School, 2006
  JD
  Honors: cum laude
• University of California, Los Angeles, 2000
  BA, Political Science
  Honors: cum laude

Published Works

• Innovations in Supporting Local Health Systems for Global Women’s Health, 2005

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