Elizabeth Baia

Elizabeth Baia is an associate at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where she practices in the White-Collar Litigation and Defense and Privacy and Cybersecurity practice groups. Baia represents clients in complex, high-stakes investigations across a range of industries, with particular experience in the information and technology fields. She also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Baia graduated cum laude from New York University in 2009 with a B.A. in politics. She received her J.D. from the University of Virginia in 2018, where she was a member of the editorial boards of the Virginia Law Review and Virginia Law & Business Review, as well as a member of the extramural moot court team. While in law school, Baia interned for Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She is also the author of Akin to Madmen: A Queer Critique of the Gay Rights Cases, a note published in the Virginia Law Review in 2018. Prior to attending law school, Baia worked at a number of public interest and nonprofit groups.