Emily works with clients on a wide variety of labor and employment-related matters, including employment discrimination, leave, disability accommodation, and wage and hour litigation. Additionally, she counsels employers on many aspects of employment law and human resources issues.

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Emily is a partner in the Labor + Employment Practice Group, where she represents clients in a variety of labor and employment-related matters, including employment discrimination, leave, disability accommodation, and wage and hour litigation. Additionally, she counsels employers on many aspects of employment law and human resources issues, including employee handbooks, policies and restrictive covenants drafted under various states’ laws for a variety of circumstances, including as part of mergers and acquisitions.

Before joining the firm, Emily served as a law clerk to a federal judge, where she gained experience working on litigation involving a variety of matters and claims, including cases brought under Title VII, Section 1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  • Assisted in successfully defending an employer client in a temporary restraining order action arising from a trade secret and restrictive covenant dispute with a former employee.
  • Assisted a utility client in resolving and securing a denial of a union employee grievance in formal arbitration.
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management (2026), Litigation – Labor and Employment (2022-2026)

Emily is a partner in the Labor + Employment Practice Group, where she represents clients in a variety of labor and employment-related matters, including employment discrimination, leave, disability accommodation, and wage and hour litigation. Additionally, she counsels employers on many aspects of employment law and human resources issues, including employee handbooks, policies and restrictive covenants drafted under various states’ laws for a variety of circumstances, including as part of mergers and acquisitions.

Before joining the firm, Emily served as a law clerk to a federal judge, where she gained experience working on litigation involving a variety of matters and claims, including cases brought under Title VII, Section 1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  • Assisted in successfully defending an employer client in a temporary restraining order action arising from a trade secret and restrictive covenant dispute with a former employee.
  • Assisted a utility client in resolving and securing a denial of a union employee grievance in formal arbitration.
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law – Management (2026), Litigation – Labor and Employment (2022-2026)
  • Member, Young Professionals Advisory Committee, Atlanta Children’s Shelter
  • Legal extern, Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, 2014
  • Legal intern, Turner Broadcasting System, 2013

Education

  • University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Blue Key National Honor Society, 2015, editor-in-chief, Journal of Intellectual Property Law; Dean’s Ambassador
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with distinction, 2012

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Court of Appeals of Georgia
  • Georgia Superior Courts
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia

Clerkships

  • Hon. Walter E. Johnson, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2015-2017
  • Presenter, “Employee Privacy in the Workplace,” HR Steps to Success Webinar Series, November 2018.