“Combining our different experiences is often the best way to solve a problem. ”

Her practice includes complex commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense and qui tam matters. As a young associate in criminal court, she won a not guilty verdict for her client charged with a misdemeanor.

Emily joined Rusty Hardin & Associates after four years with global litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP where she managed all phases of litigation including the drafting of complaints, witness interviews and discovery. She spent two years as an associate with another prominent trial law firm.

After graduating with honors from Georgetown University Law Center, Emily clerked for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeff Bohm in the Southern District of Texas. As a law student, she interned for 5^th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jennifer Elrod.

Emily also served as a judicial intern with the Kentucky Supreme Court where she prepared a national analysis of appellate procedures regarding ineffective assistance of counsel to help create a process for Kentucky courts.

Dean’s List 2010-12

American Criminal Law Review, Managing Editor

Emory University, BA, 2006

Southern District of Texas

Western District of Texas

3^rd Circuit Court of Appeals

5^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Fundamentally Wrong: The Consequences of Prosecutorial Cognitive Error, ABA Criminal Litigation Committee Newsletter, Spring 2014

Corporate Criminal Liability, American Criminal Law Review, 2011