Biography
Emily K. Bardon is a seasoned attorney with a focus on providing comprehensive legal services to creative businesses in industries such as fashion, beauty, entertainment, technology, and manufacturing. As the leader of Lewis Rice’s Design & Luxury Practice Group, she is a trusted advisor for her clients and works closely with them on corporate and transactional matters.
Emily regularly drafts and negotiates contracts, develops and refines statements of work, reviews both mission critical and routine agreements, and advises on intellectual property rights.
Emily is also experienced in handling mergers and acquisitions, guiding her clients through pre-transaction planning, equity transition, asset transfer, and post-closing obligations. In her public finance practice, Emily represents underwriters and issuers in connection with municipal bond financing both within and outside the state of Missouri.
Practice Areas
- Design & Luxury
- Public Finance
- Corporate
- Veteran, Women, and Minority-Owned Business Enterprises
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2009)
- Order of the Woolsack
- Academic Excellence Award Recipient
- Saint Louis University Public Law Review, lead articles editor
- University of Missouri at Columbia (B.A., cum laude, 2006)
- Economics
- University of Missouri at Columbia (B.J., magna cum laude, 2006)
- Magazine Journalism
Honors & Awards
- Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars® (2018-2023)
- St. Louis Small Business Monthly Top M&A Provider (2023)
Legal Background
- Associate, The Stolar Partnership LLP (2009-2013)
- Summer associate, The Stolar Partnership LLP (2007, 2008)
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Mentorship committee member, Women in Public Finance
Admissions
- Missouri Bar
- Illinois Bar
Charitable & Civic Activities
- Board of Directors, St. Louis Fashion Fund
- Secretary, Board of Directors, St. Louis Guns ‘N Hoses Boxing Association
- Board of Directors, Amanda Luckett Murphy Hopewell Center
- Community Advisory Board on Early Education, Nine Network of Public Media
- Volunteer attorney, St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
- Focus St. Louis, Emerging Leaders Program Graduate (Fall 2018 cohort)
- Volunteer attorney, Brazen St. Louis (2017-2019)
- Board member, St. Louis Crisis Nursery Young Professional Board (2012-2018)
- Board member, Good Shepherd School for Children (2009-2015)
