Emily G. Bergmann

Associate
Richland Plaza 1
525 West Main Street
Suite 200
Belleville, IL 62220-1547
618-355-5122

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Emily is an associate in the firm’s Belleville, Illinois, office. She practices in the area of health care liability. In her time away from the office, she enjoys trivia, Guitar Hero, concerts, reality competition television, and baking.

Prior Legal Experience
Legal Intern, Evans & Dixon, LLC

Academic Honors and Activities
Dean’s List
CALI award for “Advocacy, Family Violence, and Public Policy,” “Education Law,” and “Sex, Reproduction and the Law”
Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Work and Achievement in The Veterans Clinic
Director of Membership and Communication for ACS
Social Outreach Chair of OUTLaw
National Patent Drafting Competition Team Member (2021)
Member of the Women’s Law Association
Research Assistant for Professors Amy Schmitz and Dennis Crouch
Teaching assistant for “Dispute Resolution in the Digital Age” and undergraduate “Law of the Internet” courses
Library reference desk assistant

 

More About Emily

Education

  • University of Missouri School of Law (J.D., 2022)
  • Southeast Missouri State University (B.S., Chemistry: Forensic Chemistry, 2019)

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri
  • Illinois

Publications

  • “Parental Leave in the United States: Why the United States Should Follow France in Implementing Mandatory Paid Paternity Leave,” Child and Family Law Journal, Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 7.

Speaking

  • Presenter, "Overview of Recent Legislation Nationwide Restricting Gender Affirming Care for Transgender Youth,” Brown & James CLE, June 2023