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Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel

Emily Martin

Emily Martin is Vice President and General Counsel at the National Women's Law Center, where she undertakes cross-cutting projects addressing women's health, economic security, and education and employment opportunities. She also provides in-house legal advice and representation to the Center. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Martin served as Deputy Director of the Women's Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, where she spearheaded litigation, policy, and public education initiatives to advance the rights of women and girls, with a particular emphasis on the needs of low-income women and women of color. She also served as a law clerk for Senior Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge T.S. Ellis, III, of the Eastern District of Virginia and previously worked for the Center as a recipient of the Georgetown Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship. She has served as Vice President and President of the Fair Housing Justice Center, a non-profit organization in New York City. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School.

My Take

Women Workers and the Battle in Wisconsin

Posted by Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel | Posted on: March 10, 2011 at 03:40 pm

For weeks, protests have raged in Wisconsin over Governor Scott Walker's plan to strip public employees, except for police, state troopers, and firefighters, of collective bargaining rights. Democratic lawmakers fled the state to prevent the bill from coming to a vote.

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The Health Care Litigation: What Women Could Lose

Posted by Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel | Posted on: March 09, 2011 at 01:27 pm

Yesterday, the United States appealed the Florida district court decision that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) must be struck down under the Constitution. What do women stand to lose if this decision stands, you ask? A lot.

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What’s At Stake for Women in the Health Care Cases?

Posted by Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel | Posted on: February 28, 2011 at 06:12 pm

The cases challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are wending their way through the courts, and on Friday the National Women’s Law Center filed a brief in the most recent to reach the Court of Appeals, setting out what’s at stake for women in the debate and why th

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