Emily Bradford
Founder and Attorney
emily@ebradfordlaw.com
212.464.8769
About Emily
Emily provides clients with candid and insightful analysis of potential claims and defenses so they can focus their litigation resources strategically and efficiently. She often obtains favorable results without resorting to litigation by negotiating creative resolutions to complex disputes.
Prior to founding her own law practice in 2019, Emily spent more than ten years in government service. She investigated and prosecuted complaints of corruption, fraud, and abuse of office as part of the New York State Attorney General Office’s Public Integrity Bureau, and claims of procurement fraud, tax evasion, and other frauds against the government as part of the Taxpayer Protection Bureau.
She then moved to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office where she served as the Deputy Bureau Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau and supervised the investigation and prosecution of public corruption cases in Kings County. Most recently, she served in the Rackets Bureau of the New York County District Attorney’s Office where she conducted long-term investigations into corrupt enterprises and other complex frauds.
Before entering government service, Emily was an Associate at Wilmer Hale in Washington DC, where she represented clients in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in civil and criminal inquiries by federal agencies. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Judge J. Michael Seabright in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Emily previously taught legal writing at the Cardozo School of Law and has served on the Judiciary Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
Education
George Washington University Law School, J.D., summa cum laude; Associate Editor, George Washington University Law Review
McGill University, B.A., Great Distinction
Bar & Court Admissions
New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. Supreme Court
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Prosecuted securities fraud and public corruption scheme involving New York State retirement fund investments. Investigation resulted in eight guilty pleas, including plea of former New York State Comptroller; over a dozen civil settlements; the return of over $100 million to the state retirement fund; and a Code of Conduct that curtailed the influence of campaign contributions and paid intermediaries in obtaining state pension fund investments.
Successfully defended client’s right to enforce contractual forum selection clause in oil and gas leases from district court to the Texas Supreme Court.
Tried to verdict three defendants charged with stealing Social Security Disability Insurance benefits as part of a large-scale fraudulent enterprise.
Investigated and prosecuted sales and income tax evasion scheme resulting in guilty pleas and recovery of over $7 million for the City and State of New York.
Prosecuted former New York State Senator and three associates in a larceny and obstruction of justice case involving the theft of state grant money. All defendants pled guilty.
Investigated and prosecuted scheme to embezzle and launder funds from a non-profit entity with over $100 million in New York City contracts to provide homeless shelters. Defendant pled guilty.
Investigated and litigated $330 million sales tax fraud by a major wireless provider, resulting in the largest False Claims Act settlement to date in New York.
Represented major media company in Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and related private class action litigation.
Conducted internal investigation of alleged embezzlement of grant funds on behalf of well-known not-for-profit scientific organization.
Represented client in connection with congressional hearings into steroid use in Major League Baseball.
Prosecuted daycare owner and city employee for bribery and larceny scheme that defrauded the City of New York and undermined the safety and integrity of city-funded daycares.
Supervised prosecution of New York City correction officer for engaging in a scheme to smuggle contraband into Rikers Island. Case was the first application of Corrupting the Government statute, part of New York State ethics legislation passed in 2014.