Elizabeth (Liz) Snow

Elizabeth (Liz) Snow

Senior Managing Associate

Overview

Liz maintains a broad litigation practice, with a focus on complex commercial litigation as well as constitutional and public interest litigation. She has represented a diverse clientele including Big Four accounting firms, Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, hedge funds, labor unions, advocacy organizations and individuals.

In her commercial litigation practice, Liz advises clients on high-stakes and bet-the-company disputes involving fraud, tortious interference and regulatory compliance, as well as matters related to merger disputes, audit liability and cost-containment. She works across a variety of regulated industries, including healthcare and financial services. In her public interest practice, Liz challenges legislation that infringes on constitutional rights and protects ballot access for vulnerable communities. She maintains a robust pro bono practice, representing clients in civil rights, voter rights, disability rights and asylum matters.

Liz is skilled in all aspects of discovery, from developing targeted case strategies and identifying key evidence to conducting depositions that effectively leverage that evidence. She has argued more than ten discovery motions in federal court, frequently securing wins that influence the trajectory of a case. She has led complex, years-long discovery efforts and managed large litigation teams with many moving parts.

Strategic and tenacious, Liz is recognized for her ability to steer clients through crucial decisions and advance their objectives. She is also known for her clear, candid communication, ensuring clients are informed not only about developments in their cases, but also about the reasoning behind them and the realistic range of outcomes.

Credentials

Education

Columbia Law School, 2018, J.D.
  • James Kent Scholar
  • Jeffrey Williams Memorial Prize for Critical Rights Analysis
Yale University, 2013, B.A., History, with distinction

Bar & Court Admissions

New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

More

  • New York Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2025
  • Law Clerk for the Honorable Eunice C. Lee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2021-2022
  • Law Clerk for the Honorable Joseph F. Blanco, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2020-2021