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Emily Wakeman is an associate in the Litigation Department.

She earned her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and was awarded Order of the Coif. During law school, she was an articles editor for the Georgetown Journal of International Law and clerked for the Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Appellate Section.

Prior to law school, Emily was a reporter for an NBC affiliate in South Carolina. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Honors Carolina program with Highest Distinction.