Emily Rushing Kelly is a senior associate attorney with Cunningham, Vogel & Rost, P.C. She represents the firm's municipal clients in governmental litigation, land use, eminent domain, employment, and other general municipal issues.  In addition to regularly advising municipalities on various municipal issues, Emily has represented public entities in a number of jury trials, arbitrations, and appeals before the Missouri Court of Appeals.

Emily serves as the Village Attorney for the Town of Grantwood Village, and has served as the City Attorney for St. Paul, Missouri and as Assistant City Attorney for Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.

Prior to joining the firm, Emily served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Attorney General's office where she was responsible for managing a substantial caseload in the Labor Division. Emily often appeared before Administrative Law Judges, prepared appellate briefs, and presented oral arguments before the Missouri Court of Appeals and the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission.

Emily received her J.D. degree from Saint Louis University and her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. While in law school, Emily was the Notes & Comments Editor of the Saint Louis University Law Journal and was the recipient of an Academic Excellence Award in Public Employment Law.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Missouri Bar
Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association
International Municipal Lawyers Association
City Clerks and Finance Officers Association (Eastern Division)

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

SELECTED LECTURES/SPEECHES
Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association, Summer Seminar - Constitutional Limits to Municipal Authority, 2011
Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association, Spring Institute – General Law Update, 2006 - 2011
American Planning Association, Missouri Annual Conference - Going Green to Make Some Green: Incentives for and Benefits of Historic Preservation and Green Redevelopment, co-presented with Carrie M. Ide, November 2007
Missouri Municipal League, Annual Conference - Missouri Sunshine Law, September 2005
The Missouri Bar, Continuing Legal Education Seminar - Liability in the Public Sector, Moderator, March 2005

SELECTED ARTICLES/PAPERS
So Much for Equality in the Workplace: The Ever-Changing Standards for Sexual Harassment Claims Under Title VII, Saint Louis University Law Journal, Volume 45:4, Fall 2001
Co-author, Chapter 20 - Zoning, Subdivisions and Annexation, Real Estate Practice Deskbook and Supplements, The Missouri Bar

Return to Attorney Profiles