Practice Focus
About
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.
Experience
- Represents Alysson Mills, in her capacity as Receiver for Arthur Lamar Adams and Madison Timber Properties, LLC, in cases regarding what is referred to as the largest Ponzi scheme in Mississippi history. As Receiver of the estates of Mr. Adams and Madison Timber, Ms. Mills seeks to recover money and assets for the benefit of hundreds of defrauded investors. As the Receiver’s Chief Counsel, the firm represents Ms. Mills in cases she brings to recover such assets for the benefit of the estate.
- Represents the chapter 7 Trustee of Cox Operating in prosecuting several claims related to (1) preferences and fraudulent transfer actions exceeding $100 million; (2) claims against former officers and directors of Cox Operating relating to the collapse of the company into bankruptcy; and (3) claims against Brad Cox and other corporate insiders for corporate waste and looting.
- Represented a class of stockholders of a 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. A $29.75 million settlement on behalf of the investors was finalized by the Delaware Court of Chancery on July 10, 2025.
- Represented a class of student loan debtors in a recent nationwide settlement with Navient Solutions, LLC and Navient Credit Finance Corporation (“Navient”) which resulted in approximately $236 million in debt relief for private student loan borrowers, as well as $44 million in cash compensation. As stated in the class action lawsuit, Navient and its agents refused to recognize the discharges of these private student loans that were (a) to attend non-Title IV schools and programs or (b) made in excess of the cost of attendance and then continued to collect on the loans even after borrowers obtained bankruptcy discharges.
Professional Activities & Community Involvement
- Association for Women Attorneys – New Orleans, Communications Co-Chair, Board of Directors
- Eastern District of Louisiana’s Civil Pro Bono Counsel Panel, Member
- New Orleans Bar Association, Member
Recognitions
- Benchmark Litigation: Litigation Star, 2026
- Benchmark Litigation: 40 & Under List - South, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Commercial Litigation, 2024-2025
- Super Lawyers: Louisiana "Rising Star," Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Securities Litigation, Consumer Law, since 2024
Media
- Co-author, “The Risk of Mortgage Lending in the Era of Social Media,” The Review of Banking and Financial Services, Nov. 2019.
- 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-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.
Credentials
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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
- Louisiana
- New York
- New Jersey


