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Mary Elizabeth Gately

Mary Elizabeth Gately

USA 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Litigation: General Commercial

District of Columbia

13 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Appellate; Healthcare; Life Sciences; Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Career

Mary Gately is a Chambers ranked litigator in DLA Piper's Washington, DC Litigation group.

She focuses her practice on products liability, cross-border litigation, class actions, reputation management and other complex litigation in the fields of the First Amendment and commercial litigation.

Representative products liability cases include representation of pharmaceutical and medical device companies in contraceptive medical device litigation, and in smoking cessation and hormone therapy drug litigation and representation of food and beverage companies in pet food and baby food related products liability litigation. Representative defamation cases include representation of plaintiff (CEO of business) defamed in online post and defense of a foreign bank in defamation case brought in US.

In 2023, Mary Gately was awarded the ABA John Minor Wisdom award for her pro bono efforts related to her work on an access to justice project in Washington DC, the DC Affordable Law Firm.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: General Commercial - District of Columbia

Band 2
Individual Editorial

Mary Elizabeth Gately has a particularly strong practice in reputation management, as well as in product liability and complex first amendment claims. She is adept at handling multidistrict litigation.

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Strengths

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  • She is impressive and keeps things moving.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA

  • She is always accessible, insightful and provides excellent strategic counsel.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA

  • Mary is an outstanding lead lawyer, who works well with people and is extremely knowledgeable in her field. She is the right person to keep the big picture in mind, harness the power of her team and lead the strategic thinking.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA

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