Atty. Emily C. Downing
Emily is an associate in the Casualty Department, where she focuses her practice on general liability, motor vehicle liability, premises liability, and municipal liability. Given her background as a criminal prosecutor, she also handles civil rights and municipality cases involving prisons, police departments, police officers, and municipalities.
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Emily C. Downing is an Associate based in Erie, Pennsylvania, practicing at Marshall Dennehey. They have 10+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2016. Their practice focuses on civil rights. Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania (2016) and U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania (2021). Educated at Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University (J.D., 2016) and Duquesne University (B.A., 2013). Active member of Erie County Bar Association. Serands clients in Erie, PA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Emily is an associate in the Casualty Department, where she focuses her practice on general liability, motor vehicle liability, premises liability, and municipal liability
- Given her background as a criminal prosecutor, she also handles civil rights and municipality cases involving prisons, police departments, police officers, and municipalities
- The majority of her career was spent in the courtroom
- She brings to the firm several years of trial experience from her time as a criminal prosecutor in the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, where she was the lead prosecutor of homicide by vehicle cases and tried dozens of complex cases involving violent crimes
- Before moving to Erie, Emily worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Mark D. Stevens of the Crawford County Court of Common Pleas, upon graduation from Duquesne University School of Law in 2016
- She double majored in Political Science and Rhetorical Studies and received her bachelor's degree from Duquesne University in 2013
- Emily is currently admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the U.S
- District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Associations & Memberships Erie County Bar Association, Member Young Lawyers and Women in the Profession Sections Year Joined 2023 Community Service Attorneys and Kids Together (AKT)- Erie County Bar Association, 2016 - present Certification Certified Digital Evidence for Prosecutors, National Computer Forensics Institute
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Practicing law in Pennsylvania. Legal matters in Pennsylvania are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Erie are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Pennsylvania state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Pennsylvania brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Pennsylvania courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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