Adams & Reese Welcomes New Counsel to its New Orleans Litigation Practice

Adams & Reese announces the addition of Emily Ross as Counsel in the firm's Litigation Practice Group in New Orleans. Licensed to practice in Louisiana, Ross brings more than a decade of civil litigation experience representing companies, employers, and insurers in complex disputes, with a practice focused on employment litigation, commercial disputes, complex multi-party tort disputes, first-party coverage and statutory bad faith matters, and third-party insurance disputes.

Ross guides clients through every phase of litigation, including early case assessment and strategy, discovery, depositions, dispositive motions, mediations, trial, and appeal. She has defended employers in Title VII harassment, retaliation, and failure-to-promote claims, as well as Section 1981 and 1983 claims and Fair Labor Standards Act litigation. Ross has also successfully defended employers through summary judgment and on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, litigated multiple FLSA lawsuits to favorable settlements, and secured summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, for multiple employers in Title VII and Section 1981 matters.

A confident and experienced courtroom advocate, Ross has argued appeals before higher appellate courts and lower Louisiana courts and successfully mediated hundreds of cases. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America since 2022 for Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Real Estate, named a Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2022 to 2024, selected among New Orleans Magazine’s Top Lawyers in 2025, and recognized among New Orleans Magazine’s Top Women in Law in 2026. She also previously served as an Adjunct Lecturer-in-Law at Tulane University Law School, where she taught Advanced Appellate Advocacy.

Ross is admitted to the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane University Law School in 2012, graduating in the top eleven percent of her class, and her B.A. in Psychology from Eugene Lang College – The New School for Liberal Arts in 2009. She is affiliated with the New Orleans Bar Association, serves on the Federal Bar Association Board of Directors, and volunteers with the New Orleans Pro Bono Project.