Emily Seiderman West
Counsel
Prior to joining Venable, Emily served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leda Dunn Wettre, U.S.M.J., of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. She also worked as a law clerk in the Staff Attorney's Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, where she drafted bench memoranda and proposed orders for Second Circuit judges recommending dispositions for appeals and substantive motions on a wide range of legal issues, including immigration, administrative, and constitutional law; habeas corpus; civil rights (42 U.S.C. § 1983); class actions; employment discrimination; and appellate procedure and jurisdiction.
Experience
Experience
Representative Matters
- Defending a life sciences products and service solutions distribution company in a breach of warranty dispute
- Representing a medical device manufacturer and provider in connection with the alleged breach of a milestone/contingent payment provision of a merger agreement
- After a multi-week jury trial, obtained a complete defense victory on behalf of the CEO of a portfolio company of a major financial institution, who had come forward to report misconduct on the part of the company’s former CEO; plaintiff had asserted several claims, including defamation and breach of fiduciary duty, and sought in excess of $200 million in damages
- Represented an international hotel management company in a joint venture liability dispute brought by former casino executives and employees concerning a project to develop a casino resort and hotel on the Las Vegas Strip and related obligations arising from hotel management and employment agreements
- Represented a Brazilian power plant operator in its litigation against a major manufacturer of construction equipment arising out of the malfunction of generator sets; successfully opposed a summary judgment motion leading to a favorable settlement shortly before trial
- Represented a global provider of communications and digital technology solutions in a multi-million-dollar arbitration dispute
- Defended a logistics services provider and its officers and employees in a breach of contract, trade secrets, and unfair competition dispute
- Defended a defense contractor in connection with a federal FCA investigation
- Represented an executive and an individual employee of a multinational corporation in connection with an investigation by the SEC concerning alleged accounting improprieties that resulted in a restatement of the company’s financial statements
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. cum laude Fordham University School of Law 2014
- Editor-in-chief, Fordham Urban Law Journal
- B.A. cum laude State University of New York at Stony Brook 2011
Bar Admissions
- New York
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Clerk Experience
- The Honorable Leda Dunn Wettre, U.S.M.J U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Staff Attorney’s Office U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Recognition
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2024 – 2025