Emma L. Sprotbery
Associate
Areas of Focus
- Customs & Import Controls
- Export Controls & Economic Sanctions
- International Trade
- International Trade Policy
- Regulatory
- Advises U.S. and non-U.S. clients on various international trade law and policy matters.
Emma is an associate in the firm’s international trade practice. She advises clients on matters involving international trade policy and regulatory and policy developments. She also advises clients on enforcement and compliance issues related to U.S. export controls and economic sanctions, customs and import controls, and compliance with international trade laws and regulations.
Previously, Emma was a law clerk with the Honorable Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes of the Northern District of New York.
She earned her J.D. from Cornell Law School, where she served as the articles editor of the Cornell Law Review. During law school, she was a student attorney for the Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic and the Labor Law Clinic.
Emma was a member of Akin’s 2022 summer associate class.
EducationJ.D., Cornell Law School, cum laude, 2022
B.A., Union College, summa cum laude, 2019
J.D., Cornell Law School, cum laude, 2022
B.A., Union College, summa cum laude, 2019
ClerkshipsU.S.D.C., Northern District of New York
U.S.D.C., Northern District of New York
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- Law Clerk, Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes, Northern District of New York, 2022-2023.
- Judicial Intern, The Honorable Judge Patty Shwartz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2020.
- “The Discredit Bureau: Analyzing the Circuit Split on the Falsus in Uno, Falsus in Omnibus Doctrine’s Applicability to Adverse Credibility,” Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Summer 2022.
