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Emily A. Vernon

Associate

Washington +1 202 662 5061

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    Emily A. Vernon is a litigator in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on appellate matters and complex regulatory litigation. She also has experience drafting complaints and dispositive motions, preparing witnesses for depositions, and conducting pretrial discovery.

    Before joining the firm, she clerked for Judge Amy J. St. Eve of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Chief Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Emily earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Chicago Law Review. Prior to law school, she was a paralegal at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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    • Represented trade association as amicus curiae in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
    • Representing herbicide manufacturer in product-liability appeals on federal preemption grounds in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Third and Eleventh Circuits.
    • Representing pharmaceutical companies in constitutional challenges to a federal government program.
    • Representing securities exchanges as amicus curiae in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
    • Representing communication service in multi-district civil litigation and parallel state proceedings.
    • Representing entertainment platform in consumer protection actions by state attorneys general.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2020
        • The University of Chicago Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
        • Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic
    • The University of Chicago, M.A., 2017
    • Northwestern University, B.A., 2015
        • summa cum laude
        • Phi Beta Kappa
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Amy J. St. Eve, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2021 - 2022
    • Hon. Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2020 - 2021
    Pro Bono
    • Co-authored amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of domestic violence prosecutors.
    • Representing two Air Force veterans in applications to upgrade their discharge status.
    Previous Experience
    • Legal Intern, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch (2019)
    • Paralegal Specialist, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (2015-2016)

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