Firm Welcomes New Associate

We are pleased to welcome Emily Wecht as the newest member of the Walkup team.

After graduating from Cornell University, Emily obtained her legal education at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. While in law school she received the American Jurisprudence award for Personal Injury Litigation and an award for Best Oral Argument in Moot Court. She also served as the Production Editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. In the summer of 2003 Emily was a legal intern for International Strategic Group, a start-up hedge fund in New York, where she developed corporate structures and compliance strategies and drafted employment and non-disclosure agreements. During her third year of law school, she served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Richard Kramer in the Complex Litigation Division of the San Francisco Superior Court.

In her position as a legal research assistant for the San Francisco Superior Court in 2005-2006, Emily handled assignments in a variety of areas including torts, evidence, landlord/tenant, class actions, and commercial litigation. She analyzed and drafted memoranda regarding pretrial and post trial motions, demurrers, motions to compel, motions for summary judgment/summary adjudication, motions in limine, and motions for attorneys' fees.

Emily is currently assigned to our general negligence group and is involved in the prosecution of automobile, medical negligence and product liability cases.

Spring '07 - Firm Welcomes New Associate