Emma Wolfe is a partner in the firm's Construction and Infrastructure practice group. Emma focuses her practice on assisting clients with a variety of construction and infrastructure disputes and dispute resolution procedures. These disputes involve a range of issues, including those related to design and construction defect, warranty, termination, disruption and delay, regulatory and code violations, interconnection, licensing, lien, and payment. Emma has handled issues in the energy industry related to coal, natural gas, onshore wind, offshore wind, solar, geothermal, and other projects. In addition, she has worked on issues in the manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, and hospitality industries. Emma uses her industry knowledge to craft a litigation and dispute resolution approach intended to put her clients in a position to achieve effective resolutions and satisfy their business goals.
Prior to joining the firm, Emma was a member of a full-service US law firm. She represented developers, owners, private companies, general contractors, manufacturers, and landlords.
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as a Recommended Lawyer for Construction (including construction litigation), 2024
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch,” for Commercial Litigation, 2022
- Benchmark Litigation United States, “40 and Under List,” 2019–2022
- Named to Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2021-2022
- Kentucky Rising Stars list, Business Litigation, 2018–2021
- Member, Tennessee Association of Construction Counsel (2018 - present)
- Board Member, Lexington Humane Society (January 2021 - present)
- Teaching Volunteer, Junior Achievement (2012 – 2022)
- Mentor, University of Kentucky College of Law, Kentucky Legal Education Opportunity (August 2014 and August 2017)
- Rotaract Club of Lexington
- Member (July 2017 – July 2019)
- Vice President (July 2016–June 2017)
- Secretary (July 2015–June 2016)
- International Service Committee Chair (July 2014–June 2015)
- Events Committee, Lexington Public Library Foundation (2015–2016)
- Street Law Co-Founder and Co-Coordinator, University of Kentucky College of Law Chapter (Spring 2010)
- Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, University of Kentucky College of Law Henry
Clay Chapter
- Member (Spring 2010–Spring 2011)
- President (Fall 2009–Spring 2010)
- “Design-Build Projects: Key Issues; Drafting to Mitigate Risk for Contractors, Design Professionals, and Owners,” Strafford Publication, February 2024 and April 2025
- “Ethics of Your Allegations and the $1 Counterclaim,” Energy & Mineral Law Foundation Conference, June 2024
- Presenter, “The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA): 2017 Litigation Trends, Updates and Developments,” The Knowledge Group, 23 October 2017
- Presenter, “Social Media and eDiscovery,” 2016 Kentucky Bar Association, Kentucky Law Update, 2 December 2016
- Co-author, “The Defend Trade Secrets Act. It’s Coming: What You Need to Know,” May 2016
- Wright & Welling, Federal Practice and Procedure Treatise, Vol. 3, Rule 33
New Trial (§§ 581-92), 4th ed. (Research and Writing Assistant).
