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Emily Tucker

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Areas of Focus

Overview

Emily Tucker represents clients in a wide range of product liability matters, including in multidistrict litigation and class actions. Her work encompasses pharmaceutical and medical device matters impacting all members of the pharmaceutical supply chain, as well as counseling automotive and rail industry clients through litigation and related appeals. Emily regularly applies her scientific background to her legal work, finding that her technical acumen provides a valuable perspective for matters and research involving technology, biology, and chemistry.

Emily’s maintains an active  pro bono practice, with a focus on landlord-tenant disputes.

Emily received her J.D., magna cum laude, from William & Mary Law School. While there, she was awarded the ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law, and she served as the director of outreach for the Student Intellectual Property Society. Emily received her B.S., magna cum laude, in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Career & Education

    • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., magna cum laude, 2015
    • College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2018
    • Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., magna cum laude, 2015
    • College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2018

    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia

Emily's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.01.25

FRCP 16.1 Now in Play for MDLs—Game Changer or Not?

Rule 16.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, titled “Multidistrict Litigation,” takes effect today, December 1, 2025. The adoption of this rule provides a long-awaited framework specific to district courts’ management of MDL proceedings. However, many critics of the new rule are concerned that it does not impose mandatory obligations on MDL courts, and thus lacks the teeth required to establish meaningful change....

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Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.01.25

FRCP 16.1 Now in Play for MDLs—Game Changer or Not?

Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.07.25

From Capone to Corporations: Supreme Court Ruling on Civil RICO Claims Could Create Uptick in Personal Injury Lawsuits

Client Alert | 4 min read | 04.02.25

Preparing for Multidistrict Litigation: Lessons for the Defense Toolkit

Press Coverage | 03.08.24

Inside The Climactic Clash Over Skyrocketing MDL Caseloads

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Practices

Emily's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.01.25

FRCP 16.1 Now in Play for MDLs—Game Changer or Not?

Rule 16.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, titled “Multidistrict Litigation,” takes effect today, December 1, 2025. The adoption of this rule provides a long-awaited framework specific to district courts’ management of MDL proceedings. However, many critics of the new rule are concerned that it does not impose mandatory obligations on MDL courts, and thus lacks the teeth required to establish meaningful change....

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