Emily Westridge Black
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP • Austin, TX
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512-647-1909
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Austin, TX, 78701-3913, US
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24060815
About
Emily Westridge Black is the Managing Partner in Austin and Chemicals Sector Lead at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP. She represents leading companies in high-stakes investigations and litigation, with nearly 20 years of experience advising boards and executives on sensitive matters including products liability, fraud, anticorruption, securities, ESG, environmental, and cybersecurity issues. Clients commend her as a "consummate leader" and praise her "keen insight." Ms. Black has been repeatedly recognized by Chambers USA for commercial litigation and received accolades including IFLR’s Women in Business Law Americas Awards shortlist for North American Environmental Lawyer of the Year and recognition as Texas Lawyer’s Attorney of the Year in 2019. She has secured complete dismissals in significant cases involving PFAS contamination, including *Dow in State of Maine v. 3M et al.* and *Trueblood-Lehr v. 3M et al.*
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