Emily Yu
Associate

Phone: (404) 585-3530

Education
Columbia University, B.A., 2007
Emory University Law School, J.D., 2011

Practice Areas
Family Law
Certified Mediator
Guardian ad Litem

Membership
State Bar of Georgia (Member of the Family Law Section), 2011
Atlanta Bar Association (Member of the Family Law Section)

Biography

Emily received her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Columbia University. Her passion for working with families and children began in college where she studied child development and worked as a teaching assistant for toddlers. Understanding the impact a divorce can have on children and wanting to ensure that children’s needs are taken into consideration when determining custody and visitation issues, Emily trained to be a Guardian Ad Litem.

During college, Emily volunteered at a Domestic Violence Center answering hot line phone calls and helping clients obtain protective orders. Emily continued to volunteer with victims of domestic violence in law school at Emory University working with Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation in their Domestic Violence Project. She conducted intake interviews with clients to determine whether they met the statutory requirements to obtain a Protective Order and provided pro-bono representation to many clients.
While a student at Emory Law School, Emily competed on both Mock Trial and Moot Court teams helping to bring both teams to success. In particular, her Mock Trial team ranked second nationwide in the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Mock Trial Competition in 2010. Due to her involvement with litigation and oral advocacy, Emily was asked to coordinate Emory Law School’s Trial Techniques Program 2011.

As a registered neutral civil and domestic mediator, has mediated over 200 cases and helped train new mediators through Georgia State Law School and John Marshall Law School, Emily is sensitive to the emotional impact of a divorce case and utilizes negotiation and settlement techniques to help settle a case. Recognizing that some cases simply cannot be negotiated or settled, however, Emily is always ready and ever willing to advocate zealously on behalf of her clients and will fight for her client’s right in trial when necessary.