Emma Leibowitz has experience in matters involving the Administrative Procedure Act, the First Amendment, and state constitutional law. Emma joins the firm after clerking for the Honorable Stephen A. Higginson of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Previously, Emma was a legal fellow at Democracy Forward and a legal associate at the Obama Foundation. Emma also prepared asylum-seeking women and children in immigration detention for hearings as a paralegal with Proyecto Dilley. Emma received a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where Emma was Solicited Content Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and a student attorney in the Veterans Law and Disability Rights Clinic, and a BA, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Credentials
Overview
Emma Leibowitz has experience in matters involving the Administrative Procedure Act, the First Amendment, and state constitutional law. Emma joins the firm after clerking for the Honorable Stephen A. Higginson of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Previously, Emma was a legal fellow at Democracy Forward and a legal associate at the Obama Foundation. Emma also prepared asylum-seeking women and children in immigration detention for hearings as a paralegal with Proyecto Dilley. Emma received a JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where Emma was Solicited Content Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and a student attorney in the Veterans Law and Disability Rights Clinic, and a BA, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Credentials
Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2023
Education
- Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude, 2023
- University of Pennsylvania, BA, magna cum laude
Clerkships
- Hon. Stephen A. Higginson, US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2025-2026