Emily J. Kirk - Redlands, CA

Education

• Legal Education

  • Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1998
    B.S.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Major: Political Science
    Minor: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Associate 

Past Positions

• U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, Legal Counsel
• Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC, Associate, 2006 - 2014
• Committee on Governmental Affairs - Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee, United States Senate, Counsel, 2001 - 2004
• Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, Associate Attorney

Pro Bono Activities

• Illinois YMCA Youth and Government, Inc. Chair, Board of Directors; Program Volunteer

Published Works

Articles

• Co-Author, Additional Evidence Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: The Need for Rigor, 2004
  
• ABA, Section of Litigation – Solo and Small Firm Committee, Web Editor
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 2001
• Missouri, 2012
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 2012
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2012
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 2014

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Madison County Bar Association
• Illinois YMCA Youth and Government Programs (Board of Directors)
• Board of Directors, Discovery School