Emily joined MHGM from Minnesota, where she served as a law clerk for Judge John R. Tunheim, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She also clerked for Judge Diana E. Murphy of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. She will sit for the Oregon State Bar Exam in February 2012.

Emily brings a strong background in public service, including applying her legal education to support underserved populations. She was awarded a national Equal Justice Works fellowship at the Minnesota Disability Law Center to protect and enforce the right to effective communication for deaf and hard of hearing people in the criminal justice system.  She received the Legal Advocacy award from Communication Services for the Deaf for her efforts. Emily’s publications relating to deaf and hard of hearing issues include Rational Discrimination and Shared Compliance: Lessons from Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 45 VALPO. UNIV. L. REV. _1095 (2011)(with Michael Steven Stein).

At Yale Law School, Emily represented prison inmates and domestic violence survivors through the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, where she received the Stephen J. Massey Prize for exemplifying the clinic’s values. She also worked as an intern for the Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, in San Francisco, and for the Lawyers Collective in New Dehli, India. Prior to law school, Emily served as a paralegal with the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, where she assisted with enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Emily is proficient in sign language.