About 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.

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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Areas of Law

  • Other 4
    • General Liability
    • Automobile Liability
    • Premises and Retail Liability
    • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2016, Pennsylvania
    2021, U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
    Memberships
    Erie County Bar Association.
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
    Class of 2016
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Duquesne University
    Class of 2013
    B.A.
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  • What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?
    Emily C. Downing was admitted in 2016 to the State of Pennsylvania.