Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Business Trial

Emily D. Anderson is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's New York office. She is also a member of the firm's Construction, Energy and Transportation industry teams.

Emily has extensive experience litigating construction and real estate-related claims on behalf of contractors, developers, owners, subcontractors and sureties. She has been involved in numerous matters involving breach of contract issues, public-private partnerships, energy issues, delay damage claims, suretyship, mechanic’s liens, trust fund diversion claims, construction lending issues, disputes about neighboring access and support, prevailing wages and construction defects.

Emily also drafts and negotiates various construction agreements for contractors and owners, including agreements for construction management, general contractors, subcontractors, design, consulting and building services, licenses, access and easements.

Emily interned with Justice Saliann Scarpulla of the New York State Supreme Court of New York County prior to her elevation to the New York Appellate Division, First Department and the Legal Department of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Before attending law school, Emily worked as a sales representative in the elevator industry.

J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 2013, recipient CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Construction Law and Jack Weprin Real Estate Prize

M.U.P., Hunter College, City University of New York, 2013

B.A., University of Illinois, 2006, with distinction