Emily Viellette
Emily is a 3L at Georgetown Law. At Georgetown, she has served as President of Georgetown Law Ventures, a student organization with a focus on entrepreneurship and venture capital, and as a FinTech Research Assistant for Professor Chris Brummer.
During her 1L summer, Emily worked in the Complex Financial Instruments Unit of the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She also interned in the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the fall of her 2L year. Emily spent her 2L summer at the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, where she plans to return as an associate next fall.
Prior to law school, Emily worked as a legal analyst at Soros Fund Management, where she provided legal, regulatory, and strategic support for the firm’s private equity, private credit, venture capital, and hedge fund investments. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. While in college, she studied at the London School of Economics and at Vanderbilt’s program in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Emily grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and enjoys hiking, skiing, cooking, and travel.
Vanderbilt University, B.A. in Economics, 2016
Georgetown Law School, J.D. expected 2021