Emily Goldberg Knox's practice focuses on complex civil litigation and appellate advocacy in state and federal courts. Her experience spans a range of areas, including products liability, public nuisance, antitrust, unfair business practices, fraud, class actions, terrorism, and transnational torts.
Emily has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and has represented clients at all stages of litigation, including consulting on viable claims; drafting pleadings, motions, and appellate briefs; leading discovery efforts; preparing fact witnesses; taking and defending depositions; and arguing motions at trial. She also has experience with international arbitrations.
In addition to her litigation practice, Emily regularly counsels clients on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics, including human rights and sustainability claims.
Emily maintains an active pro bono practice, representing indigent prisoners, individuals in civil rights cases, and asylum applicants. She also has experience representing clients in cases brought under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
Emily served as a law clerk to Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and to Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Prior to attending law school, she served as an open source intelligence analyst focusing on the Middle East and as a recruiter for U.S. government-funded legal reform and rule of law projects. Emily has a master's in international politics, with a focus on international security and terrorism.
Experience
Additional Publications
- July 2020
Last days of judicial imperialism? (Daily Journal) – An article about the U.S. Supreme Court's grants of certiorari in two cases that could significantly rein in and clarify the scope of the Alien Tort Statute.
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D. summa cum laude 2015; Order of the Coif; Valedictorian; Editor-in-Chief, Hastings Law Journal); American University (M.A. 2009; B.A. magna cum laude 2008; Phi Beta Kappa)
- California
- Legal intern, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2014)
- Law Clerk to: Judge Robert L. Wilkins, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (2017-2018) and Judge Beth Labson Freeman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (2016-2017)