Emily Perison
Emily Perison is an associate attorney at Brown Law. She joined the firm in 2023, and previously served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert K. Taylor, Jr. at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Emily graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 2022. During law school, she worked as a student attorney in the school’s Juvenile Lifer Advocacy Clinic and served as an Associate Editor on the Maryland Law Review.
Emily is passionate about combatting the injustices of the criminal legal system by fiercely advocating for individuals facing criminal charges.
Education
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (J.D., 2022)
University of Maryland School of Public Policy (M.P.P., 2022)
University of Maryland (B.A., 2017)
Bar Admission
Maryland, 2022
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