Emily Rushing Kelly is a senior associate at Cunningham, Vogel & Rost, P.C.  She represents the firm's municipal clients in litigation, land use, employment, and other general municipal issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Kelly 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 serves as the Village Attorney for the Town of Grantwood Village, and has served as the City Attorney for the City of St. Paul, Missouri, and as the Assistant City Attorney for Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.

Emily received her J.D. degree from Saint Louis University and her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Drury College 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 Attorneys Association

BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

LECTURES/SPEECHES
A Day in the Life of a City Clerk, Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association Spring Institute, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, March 9, 2010

General Topics in the Law, Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association Spring Institute, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, March 10, 2009

General Law Update, Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association Spring Institute, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, March 11, 2008

Going Green to Make Green: Incentives for and Benefits of Green Redevelopment and Historic Preservation, American Planning Association, Missouri Chapter Planning Conference, November 9, 2007

General Law Update, Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association Spring Institute, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, March 13, 2007

MIssouri Sunshine Law, Missouri Municipal League Annual Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, September 12, 2005

General Law Update, Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association Spring Institute, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, March 14, 2006

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

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