Emily Smith represents Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and individuals in disputes involving trade secret misappropriation, fraud, breach of contract, patent, antitrust and securities law. She has written briefs and motions for state, federal and appellate courts including the 3
rd and 5
th Circuits.
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 5th 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.
Georgetown University Law Center, JD,
cum laude, 2012
Dean’s List 2010-12
American Criminal Law Review, Managing Editor
Emory University, BA, 2006
Northern District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
5th Circuit Court of Appeals
A Fresh Look at the Recoverable Damages in Trade Secrets Cases, Houston Bar Association Seminar, July 2018
Fundamentally Wrong: The Consequences of Prosecutorial Cognitive Error, ABA Criminal Litigation Committee Newsletter, Spring 2014
Corporate Criminal Liability, American Criminal Law Review, 2011
