Emily J. Wilson

Representative Matters

Commercial Litigation

• Second-chaired a seven-day jury trial in Maryland state court involving claims for trespass, inverse condemnation, and due process violations
• Represented a closely held company against a petition for dissolution brought by minority shareholders at all phases of suit, from initial response to complaint through 10 day bench trial
• Member of an appellate litigation team that successfully defended the dismissal of all claims against a foreign plywood manufacturer in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Member of an appellate litigation team that successfully defended the dismissal of all claims against a consumer services company in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Member of a team that defended a property owner in a three-month administrative hearing in an action brought by a state consumer protection division
• Member of a team that represented a foreign grain importer in a federal action for breach of contract and various business torts

Energy and Utility Litigation and Contested Regulatory Proceedings

• Successfully represented multiple energy companies in obtaining required state construction permitting, Certificates for Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN), and/or CPCN waivers
• Providing electric and natural gas utilities with ongoing guidance regarding compliance with post-merger proceedings before public service commissions
• Advise generation companies developing hydrogen production regarding compliance with state regulations
• Represented four natural gas utilities in a successful challenge to an emissions regulation program before a state supreme court
• Represented a utility intervenor in the successful defense of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order approving a state regional haze program in federal appellate court
• Successfully removed a state putative class action against a utility to federal court, ultimately resulting in voluntary dismissal by plaintiffs

Education

• J.D. Georgetown University Law Center 2017
• • Symposium editor, American Criminal Law Review 
  • Intern, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland
  • Student attorney, Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic
• B.A. Government and Politics, and French Language and Literature University of Maryland 2012

Bar Admissions

• Maryland

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• Super Lawyers
  • Rising Star, Maryland, 2024 – 2025
• Venable LLP, Benjamin R. Civiletti Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, 2024

Pro Bono

• Represented an amici group of 128 former student members of boards of education in the successful defense of a statute granting voting rights to a student member before the Maryland Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Represented a class of Detroit inmates in concurrent state and federal actions against public officials regarding the county jail’s response to COVID-19
• Represented multiple defendants as co-counsel to the federal public defender for the Eastern District of Virginia

Volunteerism

• Board member, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service