Emily Long joined Epsten, APC in the summer of 2019. Emily advises her clients on the day-to-day legal matters of common interest developments. Emily assists the firm’s corporate clients on a wide range of issues, including covenant and rule enforcement, document interpretation, ADA and Civil Rights Department compliance, senior housing issues, contract preparation and negotiation, and dispute resolution. Emily enjoys working with clients to create proactive solutions that resolve disputes and avoid litigation.

Emily has spoken at several of CAI-CV’s educational events and is active in the CAI-CV chapter as an education committee member. Emily regularly speaks on topics such as board fiduciary duties, new and relevant CID legislation, conflict resolution, and other topics at Epsten, APC’s educational programs for community managers and board members.

Prior to her work at Epsten, Emily worked at a law firm specializing in estate planning, trust and estate litigation and trust administration in Palm Desert, CA. Emily has resided in the Coachella Valley with her family since 2012.

A native of Wisconsin, Emily began her legal career as an attorney in Milwaukee, WI, where she worked for a small law firm that built the capacity of nonprofit community development corporations dedicated to economic revitalization work. Emily is a proud graduate of public schools and universities. She received a BA degree with high honors in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. While attending law school, Emily was a Senior Articles Editor of the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society. She also won honors, including the State of Wisconsin’s Public Interest Law Student of the Year, the Dane County Pro-Bono Law Student of the Year, and clerked for the Honorable Patrick J. Fiedler, Judge, Dane County Circuit Court.