Emily McFarling Benson, Esq.
Managing Partner                      

Certifications

In 2010, Emily was Certified by the State Bar of Nevada as a Family Law Specialist making her the first female in the State to successfully complete the application and exam process. Emily also became the youngest Certified Family Law Specialist in the State of Nevada. There are currently only 20 Certified Family Law Specialists in the entire State of Nevada.

Biographical Information

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.

Emily also teaches a class in Real Estate Law at the College of Southern Nevada. Emily's class covers all areas of law required for aspiring real estate agents to prepare for their licensing examination.

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
• Certified Family Law Specialist

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.