• Kentucky

• Supreme Court of Kentucky
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

• University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2008
• University of Kentucky, B.S., 2005, Biology, summa cum laude

Emily is a member of the firm's litigation department and environmental practice group. She focuses her environmental practice on regulatory counseling involving the CAA, CWA, CERCLA, and RCRA; assisting clients in the purchase and sale of property involving potential environmental contamination; and global climate change and sustainability initiatives. Emily also assists clients with a wide array of litigation matters in both state and federal courts, including environmental litigation, tort defense and product liability, and commercial litigation.

Experience

• Drafted briefs and memoranda for a large utility in a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) challenge to a generation and transmission project that resulted in a Summary Judgment ruling for the client
• Helped to represent the interests of a large utility in federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation that resulted in a successful settlement
• Assisted a client in obtaining and reviewing a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in connection with the purchase of a restaurant
• Counseled a steel company involving various RCRA compliance issues
• Conducted a due diligence review for a client in connection with the purchase of coal mining operations
• Helped an industrial client respond to a request for information relating to a Superfund site
• Assisted an international pharmaceutical company with the sustainable development of a former industrial site

• Young Professionals Association of Louisville (YPAL)
• Kentucky Bar Association, Environment, Energy & Resources Section
• Louisville Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
• Greater Louisville, Inc. Environmental Affairs Committee
• United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2010

• Celiac Sprue Association, Louisville Chapter, President
• Family Scholar House, Volunteer tutor

Co-author: "Waste and Resource Recovery, 2009 Annual Report," Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review (ABA 2009)

Co-author:  "The Clean Water Act Two-Step: The Back-and-Forth Challenges to the Corps of Engineers' Permitting Authority Under the Clean Water Act," Energy and Mineral Law Institute, Vol. 30 (2009)