Ann M. Lipton graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2000, where she served as an Articles Editor for the Harvard Law Review and was awarded the Sears Prize for her second-year grade point average. After law school, Ms. Lipton clerked for Chief Judge Edward R. Becker of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice David H. Souter of the United States Supreme Court. Following her clerkships, Ms. Lipton entered private practice, where she focused on securities fraud actions and appellate work. Thereafter, Ms. Lipton worked as a staff attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission before joining the firm.

Ms. Lipton is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second and Third Circuits.