Emily Westridge Black

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Emily is the Managing Partner in Austin and Chemicals Sector Lead. She represents leading companies in high-stakes investigations and litigation.

For nearly 20 years, Emily has served as a trusted adviser to boards and executives, helping them successfully navigate their most sensitive concerns, including products liability, fraud and anticorruption, securities / ESG, environmental / mass tort, and cybersecurity.

Clients have commended her as “a consummate leader in litigation matters” who is “very commercial” and “extremely good at building coalitions without ceding ground.” Others praise her “keen insight” and ability to “quickly grasp the practical implications legal issues have for our business.”