Attorney Kaja S. Elmer

Practice Focus

Litigation Practice, Fraudulent Transfer and Specialized Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions/Mass Actions/MDLs

Kaja Elmer represents businesses, investors, borrowers, trustees, and receivers in a wide range of commercial matters in state and federal courts. Her practice includes commercial disputes, securities fraud actions, and bankruptcy-related litigation, with experience handling claims involving statutory violations, breach of contract, misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Kaja also has significant experience in class action litigation. She served as counsel to a nationwide class of student loan borrowers in a landmark settlement with Navient Solutions, LLC and Navient Credit Finance Corporation, which provided approximately $236 million in private student loan debt relief and $44 million in cash compensation. The case challenged Navient’s alleged failure to honor bankruptcy discharges for certain private student loans—specifically those issued to attend non-Title IV schools or in excess of the cost of attendance—and its continued efforts to collect on those loans despite discharge.

Prior to joining Fishman Haygood, Kaja practiced litigation at a large national law firm and New Orleans-based firms where she gained experience litigating consumer, commercial, financial, and insurance matters. Before entering private practice, she worked as a staff attorney at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Kaja maintains an active pro bono practice, frequently representing clients in federal and state courts, and is a member of the Eastern District of Louisiana’s Civil Pro Bono Counsel Panel. She has a strong interest in civil rights and, in connection with her pro bono work, has argued a post-conviction relief appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and participated in the Civil Rights & Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Seton Hall University School of Law.

Kaja is active in the legal community and serves as Communications Co-Chair on the Association for Women Attorneys – New Orleans Board of Directors. In addition, she is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association.

Experience

Represented a class of student loan debtors in a nationwide settlement with Navient Solutions, LLC and Navient Credit Finance Corporation (“Navient”) that resulted in approximately $236 million in debt relief for private student loan borrowers, as well as $44 million in cash compensation.
Represented a class of stockholders of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), TS Innovation Acquisitions, Inc. (TSIA), who were given misinformation, including inflated sales revenue, bogus hardware sales figures, and unrealistic plans for international market expansion, regarding its merger with Latch, Inc.
Represented Brokenburn, Inc., in a lender liability claim against Cross Keys Bank.

Publications / Presentations

Co-presenter, “Litigation Vehicles for Litigating a Complex Tort,” Louisiana State Bar Association 25th Annual Complex Litigation Symposium, Nov. 2025.
Co-presenter, “Calculating Damages in Investment Loss Cases,” Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants 2023 Forensic, Litigation & Valuation Services Conference, Oct. 2023.
Co-author, “The Risk of Mortgage Lending in the Era of Social Media,” The Review of Banking and Financial Services, Nov. 2019.
Co-presenter, “Breaking Down Privileges: Discovery of an Insurer’s Files in Litigation, It’s a Privilege to Know Your Rights,” 2018 Louisiana Claims Association Educational Conference, New Orleans, La.

Education

J.D., cum laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law, 2013
- Senior Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review
B.A., summa cum laude, from Rutgers University, 2010