About Emily E.
Emily E. Town built her legal foundation at American University, where she earned a B.A. in Justice in 2000. She spent the next several years gaining practical experience before returning to school. Town completed her Juris Doctor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2010, having already worked as a research assistant and taken on clinical work that would shape her early career.
Town’s path through law school included a mix of litigation support and public-interest practice. She was a teaching assistant and student lawyer in the University of Pittsburgh’s Unemployment Compensation Practicum in 2009, and she also took part in the Neighborhood Legal Services Practicum that year. During law school she served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Nora Barry Fischer in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and worked as a research assistant for Professor Jules Lobel. These roles exposed her to both federal court procedures and the particular challenges of administrative law.
After graduation Town began her professional career with roles that combined private practice and contract work. She was a law clerk and associate at Stember Feinstein Doyle Payne & Kravec, LLC in 2009 and later worked as a contract lawyer for Healey & Hornack, PC in 2010. In 2013 she joined Stember Cohn & Davidson-Welling, LLC as a partner. Alongside practice, she returned to the University of Pittsburgh School of Law as an adjunct professor in 2013 to teach the Unemployment Compensation Practicum, bringing classroom and courtroom perspectives together.
Before law school Town also worked in mental health settings. In 2006 she was a mobile crisis worker and a forensic specialist for the Clearfield-Jefferson Community Mental Health Center. Those roles gave her direct exposure to clients facing urgent and complex personal issues, and to the systems they rely on for support. Earlier in her career she held an information specialist role at FoxKiser in 2001 and completed a campaign management certification at American University.
Town is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. Her practice has continued to center on unemployment compensation and related administrative matters, blending advocacy before state agencies with courtroom representation where necessary. She also maintains ties to legal education through her adjunct teaching and clinical supervision. Currently she practices at Stember Cohn & Davidson-Welling, LLC and handles unemployment compensation and administrative law matters for individuals and employers.
