Provided by Emily C. Ward
USA
Practice Areas
Emily is an experienced litigator recognized for her wide-ranging white-collar expertise, with notable strength in healthcare and securities cases as well as all types of government investigations. She also maintains a dynamic practice representing and strategically advising companies and individuals in complex civil litigation involving healthcare, business, and environmental litigation, as well as administrative and regulatory matters.
Career
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America, Administrative/Regulatory Law; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Atlanta (2022-2024)
Atlanta Business Chronicle: 40 Under 40 (2023)
Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2022-2023)
Daily Report's Georgia Legal Awards, On the Rise (2022)
Professional Memberships
Atlanta Bar Association, Immediate Past President; past chair: Criminal Law Section and Women in the Profession Section.
State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division, Litigation Section, past Co-chair, Young Lawyers Division Leadership Class 2019.
Women’s White Collar Defense Association, Atlanta Chapter co-chair
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Advisory Committee Member.
Personal
In her spare time, she can usually be found spending time with her two handsome dogs, attending live music everywhere from Symphony Hall to the Buckhead Theater, gardening, or working on a jigsaw puzzle with friends.