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Emma is Acting Deputy Assistant Chief State Solicitor with responsibility for the General Litigation Section in the Constitutional and State Litigation Division.
The General Litigation Section primarily deals with claims in tort where a plaintiff seeks damages for negligence, breach of duty (including statutory duty), breach of constitutional rights, personal injury or breach of Convention rights.
Emma holds a BA(Mod) in Politics & Economics from Trinity College Dublin. She qualified as a solicitor in 2001, and joined the Chief State Solicitor’s Office that same year. In her early years she worked on cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union, and acted for the Garda Commissioner at the Tribunal of Inquiry into the fatal shooting of John Carthy by members of An Garda Síochána. In 2005 she joined the Judicial Review team where she gained extensive experience in public law. In 2018 she was seconded as a legal advisor to the Department of Education & Youth, providing legal advices across a range of diverse areas.
She returned to the CSSO in 2023, joining the General Litigation Section.