Emma is a member of the firm’s corporate practice team where she assists clients with strategic tax and legal guidance on a variety of commercial and real estate matters. Leveraging her background and passion in forensic accounting, she also helps clients investigate and analyze financial transactions.
Capabilities
Biography
While obtaining her J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law, Emma simultaneously worked to earn her Masters of Science in Taxation from Gonzaga University Graduate School of Business Administration. During her time in law school, Emma worked as a law clerk at small and mid-size law firms, gaining experience working with clients in a variety of different situations.
Within Gonzaga’s School of Business Administration, Emma was the graduate assistant for the business law course. Emma also participated in the Justice for Fraud Victims program where she worked with local law enforcement to investigate a local company that allegedly stole more than $150,000 from elderly clients.
Before attending law school and graduate school, Emma played soccer and graduated summa cum laude from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in accounting.
In her free time, Emma enjoys watching football, working out, hiking and drinking coffee.
Accomplishments
Academic
Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2024
- CALI Award for Excellence: Real Estate, Wills & Trusts, Legal Research & Writing I
Gonzaga University Graduate School of Business, MS.Tax, 2024
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, B.B.A. in Accounting, summa cum laude, 2021
Associations
Professional
Montana State Bar
Community
City Club Missoula, board member
Missoula Young Professionals, Steering Committee member
Insights
Article
Tax in the Trump 2.0 administration: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns
Article
Pass-Through Entities Considering Conservation Easements—Beware!
Article
Time to Gift in Order to Utilize the Sunsetting Gift and Estate Tax Exemption Amount Before it Reduces by Approximately 50%?
Article
Final Rule Regarding Transparency in Residential Real Estate Transfers
Articles
Tax in the Trump 2.0 administration: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns
Pass-Through Entities Considering Conservation Easements—Beware!
Time to Gift in Order to Utilize the Sunsetting Gift and Estate Tax Exemption Amount Before it Reduces by Approximately 50%?
Final Rule Regarding Transparency in Residential Real Estate Transfers
On the Relationship Between Asset Exemptions and Outstanding Tax Repayments in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Credentials
Licensed
Montana
Education
Gonzaga University School of Law
