Emily McFarling Benson, Esq.
Managing Partner

Biographical Information

In addition the practice of law, Emily is the author of several children's books and was the operator of an Internet publishing company. She is a country and jazz music singer and plays piano and guitar. Emily has lived in five countries and eight states.

Work Experience

Emily opened a solo law practice in Las Vegas in 2003. Prior to becoming an attorney, Emily worked for three years at the Tobacco Control Resource Center and Tobacco Products Liability Project in Boston, Massachusetts doing research projects on legal issues relating to tobacco. Emily has worked for the New Hampshire Department of Justice consumer protection division and three firms in Massachusetts in the areas of tobacco and other toxic tort litigation, real estate, business transactions and estate planning.

Bar Memberships and Affiliations

State Bar of Nevada
State Bar of California
State Bar of Arizona
United States District Court for the District of Nevada
American Inn of Court
Nevada Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Clark County Bar Association
Mediators of Southern Nevada

Education

Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts 2002
- International Mediation and Negotiation Training at Humbolt University in Berlin, Germany
- European Union law coursework in Spetses and Rhodes, Greece
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Sociology and Psychology from University of Missouri-Columbia 1998
- Psychology coursework at Thames Valley University in London, England
Rotary International Scholarship Student at Terezvarosi Kettannyelvu Altalanos Iskola in Budapest, Hungary

Authored Papers and Publications

What Could Constitute Permissible Regulation of Sexually Explicit Material on the Internet after the Playboy Decision?
A Reference Guide for Plaintiff's Attorneys to use the Engle Verdict Claim Nonmutual Offensive Collateral Estoppel in a Case Against the Tobacco Companies
Twelve articles, including "Rate of Lung Disease in Women Increasing Rapidly" and "New Pill May Help Smokers Quit" Tobacco Control Update Fall/Winter 1998, Spring/Summer 1999, Fall/Winter 2000.
Yes Virginia, Secondhand Smoke Increases Risk of Cancer" Tobacco Trial 1998-99.
The Contagious Disease Acts and the Systematic Degradation of Women in Victorian Britain.
Three children's books entitled, Everybody is Different, Everyone is the Same, Losing Your Teeth, and Private Parts, July 2001.

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