Bio

• After a few years in private practice in Southeast Missouri, Emily joined the Litigation Division on February 1, 2006. Emily has defended the State, its laws, state officials and employees in a wide variety of cases. She has argued in the Missouri Supreme Court and the Eighth Circuit.

Practice Areas

• constitutional law
• civil litigation
• appellate practice

Admitted to Practice

• Missouri, 2002
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 2003
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2006

Education

• Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Juris Doctor, 2002, Magna cum Laude
  Southern Illinois University Law Journal Research Editor
  Journal of Legal Medicine staff
• Miami University (Oxford), B.A. in English literature and French, 1999, Magna cum Laude
  Phi Beta Kappa
  Secretary of Pi Delta Phi chapter (French honor society)

Honors & Awards

• Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Litigation (2010)
• Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Client Service (2017)
• Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Written Advocacy (2018)