Emily Wilson

While in law school, Emily was a research assistant in the areas of family law, constitutional law, and feminist legal theory. She was also a judicial intern for the first Latina justice elected to the New York State Supreme Court. She was a teaching assistant for Evidence class, an Executive Articles Editor of the New York City Law Review and CUNY Law Review, and as part of her clinic work, she represented indigent persons seeking political asylum and cancellation of removal under the Violence Against Women Act. She graduated among the top in her class.

After school, Emily returned home to Wisconsin, where her family lives. She started a solo family law practice in 2013, focusing on divorce, child custody and placement, paternity and support matters for low-income individuals, many of whom were domestic violence survivors. She joined our firm in 2015 and is a partner and shareholder at Kowalski, Wilson & Vang, LLC. Emily profoundly enjoys and is truly humbled by the work of guiding families through major life transitions. 

Professionally, Emily has won awards for her legal work, including being named a Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” multiple times. She has helped to organize continuing legal education seminars for the State Bar of Wisconsin, and she has spoken and moderated panel discussions on topics related to domestic violence, child abuse, and transgender youth. Emily has also published written work in Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine and in the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law. Emily volunteers her time through the Family Law Assistance Center and she serves as a mediator of family court disputes, via the Dane County Bar Association. In 2024, Emily was elected to the State Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section Board of Directors.

Outside of work, Emily spends most of her time with her husband Monte and their dogs, Noodle and Randy. She loves to garden, ride her bike, experiment with fermentation, learn about plants, and to cruise around Madison’s beautiful lakes on her stand-up paddleboard.