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Emily Wilbur

Associate
Chicago
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312.624.6380
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Emily has represented clients across a variety of industries, including technology, healthcare and retail services. Her broad range of industry experience reflects her ability to handle high-stakes, complex litigation issues when it matters most for clients.  

White collar defense and government investigations require a detail-oriented approach and expedient resolution. Emily’s white-collar practice is focused on healthcare investigations, with experience conducting internal investigations, investigating Medicare compliance and defending against federal False Claims Act and anti-kickback statute litigation.

Emily’s civil litigation work includes breach of contract disputes, trade secret misappropriation, class action defense and intellectual property litigation. Whether defending claims of non-performance or protecting client’s proprietary information, she has experience through all phases of litigation, from drafting pleadings to completing arbitration hearings and briefs.

Emily earned her law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. There, she began her work in the Immigration Law Clinic – representing clients seeking asylum and family-based petitions for status. Emily’s commitment to service remains at the heart of her pro bono practice, representing individuals seeking legal status in the United States, through asylum petitions and VAWA claims.

Representative Experience

  • Represented a Fortune Global 500 information technology company in a two-week arbitration involving a breach of a managed services contract with more than $100 million at issue. Successfully narrowed claims in pre-hearing summary judgment by over half. Secured a favorable ruling.
  • Worked with team representing Smartmatic in a defamation lawsuit against Newsmax Inc. Team secured a favorable, confidential settlement the day before trial was set to begin.
  • Litigation
  • White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance
  • University of Illinois College of Law, 2023, J.D.
    • summa cum laude
    • Order of the Coif
    • Notes Editor, University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy
    • Member and Coach, Trial Team
    • Student Attorney, Immigration Law Clinic
    • President, Public Interest Law Foundation
  • Niagara University, 2020, B.S. in Political Science and Criminal Justice
    • magna cum laude
  • Illinois
Articles and Presentations
April 3, 2024
White Collar Quarterly Report | Q1 2024
January 17, 2024
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Scope of Federal Bribery Statute
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January 25, 2024
Emily Wilbur mentioned in Crain's Chicago People on the Move
November 30, 2023
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