Elizabeth A. Cate
About
Elizabeth is an experienced litigator with almost two decades of experience advocating for marginalized and exploited individuals. She devotes her practice to representing survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sexual assault in state and federal court as the head of The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP's East Coast Practice.
Elizabeth joined The Zalkin Law Firm, LLP in 2020, after a decade spent in private practice at two international law firms in New York City. Elizabeth previously represented corporate clients in high-stakes antitrust, corporate fraud, consumer protection, and other commercial litigation as well as individual clients in white collar criminal investigations and litigation. Throughout her time in private practice, Elizabeth maintained an active pro bono practice. In 2017, she won a new trial before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit for her client who was facing a death sentence in Tennessee.
Elizabeth received her Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law and a BA with honors from Barnard College.
Elizabeth is admitted to practice law in New York, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York, Eastern District of Michigan, and Western District of Tennessee.