Overview
Employee Benefits Disputes
Emily represents commercial clients, benefit plans and plan fiduciaries, third-party administrators, and insurance companies in disputes and litigation involving:
- Denials of benefits, including life, health, disability and pension benefits
- Provider disputes and network agreements
- Prohibited transactions
- Breaches of fiduciary duty and co-fiduciary liability
- Employee pension and welfare plans
- Multiemployer pension and welfare plans, including withdrawal liability
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
- Discovery disputes
- Claims for attorneys’ fees under ERISA
Employee Benefits Advice
Emily advises clients on benefit claim administration, plan administration and plan design.
Commercial Litigation
Emily represents a wide range of commercial clients in breach of contract, tort and trade secrets disputes, including class actions. She has extensive experience navigating discovery disputes in federal court, including disputes involving fee-shifting and other discovery sanctions. Emily also regularly counsels clients regarding nonparty discovery obligations and enforcement mechanisms.
Appellate Litigation
Emily regularly appears in federal and state appellate courts to advocate for clients on appeal.
Prior Experience
Before joining the firm, Emily served as a law clerk for the Honorable Kenneth F. Ripple of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Indiana
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Hon. Kenneth F. Ripple, 2017-2018
Education
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Indiana Law Journal (senior managing editor) (2017)
Butler University
B.A. in English Literature, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (2014)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Appellate Civil Case Law Update
Co-author with Brian Paul, Res Gestae, April 2020
- Experiential Education and Access-to-Justice within U.S. Law Schools: Designing and Evaluating an Access-to-Justice Service Learning Program Within the First-Year Curriculum
7 Ind. J.L. & Soc. Equality 88 (2019) - Executive Branch Fact Deference as a Separation of Powers Principle
92 Ind. L.J. 1635 (2017) - Appellate Civil Case Law Update
Co-author with Jane Dall Wilson, Res Gestae, September 2016
Leadership & Community
Professional Associations
- Indiana State Bar Association
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- Seventh Circuit Bar Association
- Young Professionals of Central Indiana
Civic Activities
- Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, Delta Chapter — Advisory Board
- Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, Mu Chapter — House Board
Honors
- Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2018-19