Emma Callihan specializes in defending insurance companies, self-insured corporations, and businesses across a range of civil litigation matters. Her expertise includes First-party auto No-Fault (PIP) claims, Third-party auto negligence cases, insurance coverage disputes, as well as representing clients in Michigan Assigned Claims Plan (MACP) Servicing Insurer Defense and Subrogation.

Her experience also includes serving as a law clerk at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., providing first-line review of sensitive documents in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. She also served as a Diversity in Leadership Fellow at the Law and Leadership Institute in Toledo, Ohio, where she coached the 2021 LLI Ohio Moot Court first-place winners, taught high school seniors from underserved communities about all aspects of a Fourth Amendment moot court fact pattern, and participated in multiple state-wide forums to discuss cultural competency, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, and expanding diversity in the legal profession.

• Passed the Uniform Bar Exam with a score high enough to practice in any UBE jurisdiction

University of Toledo College of Law

• First Woman at UT Law to receive the Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer 2021 Fellowship Grant
• Legal Research & Writing, Teaching Assistant
• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan 2022 Leadership Class
• Women’s Law Student Association, President, Former Secretary & SBA Representative
• National Lawyers Guild, Trained Legal Observer & Former Executive Board Member
• Delta Theta Phi, Professional Development Chair & Member
• Student Bar Association, Member

Eastern Michigan University

• Odyssey at EMU, President & Former Editor-in-Chief
• American Moot Court Association 2019 Brief Writing Competition, Participant

• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
• Detroit Bar Association
• Volunteer, Forgotten Harvest

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