Elizabeth Cowit

Ms. Elizabeth Cowit focuses her practice on a wide range of workplace matters, including hiring, performance management and termination, restructurings and RIFs, wage-hour matters, and restrictive covenants. She conducts training on all aspects of employment law, as well as conducts or assists employers with investigations into employee complaints of harassment, discrimination, and unfair treatment.

She regularly prepares policies and handbooks for employers and provides guidance to companies on leave management and accommodation requests. Ms. Cowit also defends employers in state and federal litigation involving various causes of action, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage-hour violations, and restrictive covenant protection.

Prior to joining Gibbons, Ms. Cowit was a Partner at Sabin, Bermant & Gould, LLP in New York, which serves as counsel to many digital, newspaper, magazine, and cable entities. During her time at Sabin Bermant & Gould, she managed Condé Nast’s intern litigation as well as other employment litigation and counseling matters.

EDUCATION:

• Duke University School of Law (J.D.)
• George Washington University (B.A., magna cum laude)
  • Beta Gamma Sigma – National Business Honor Society

PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:

• State of New York
• State of Connecticut
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York