Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Employment and Labor

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Emma is an associate in the Class Actions & Mass Torts Practice Group. While her practice focuses primarily on toxic tort and sports injury litigation, she is actively involved in a variety of other litigation matters throughout the firm. Emma is also a member of the firm’s PFAS Task Force, a subject of increasing interest.

Emma was a 2019 summer associate with BCLP before joining the firm full time. Emma also worked as a law clerk for the Environmental Protection Agency, Region Five, in the Office of the Regional Counsel.

During law school, Emma was a member of the Washington University Law Review, serving as an articles editor for volume 97. She participated in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic, working primarily on vacancy litigation within the St. Louis area, and served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Shirley Mensah at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Additionally, while at Washington University, Emma volunteered as a peer academic advisor and served on the Honor Council.