Emily Fox Williams

Attorney at Law

“I love to help clients build today’s business and protect tomorrow’s legacy.”

Emily Fox Williams

Attorney at Law

“I love to help clients build today’s business and protect tomorrow’s legacy.”

Emily Fox Williams

Emily Fox Williams has been practicing law since 1999 in the areas of for-profit and non-profit entity formation; shareholder, buy/sell and operating agreements; business succession planning; wills and trust agreements and ancillary estate planning matters; employment law; contract negotiations; commercial leases; asset and stock purchases; and business mergers and sales.

Williams is licensed to practice in Minnesota and Iowa.

EXPERIENCE

  • Negotiated $12M asset sale of national industrial services company
  • Negotiated $5.3M asset sale of local paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing company
  • Negotiated $4.2M asset sale of Minnesota-based dealer for Thomas Built Buses, selling and servicing school buses and commercial vehicles
  • Advised and guided a non-profit in connection with an internal investigation into allegations of financial impropriety and misconduct by a senior leader.
  • Trusted legal advisor to several former professional athletes, assisting with their post-career business endeavors for over 15 years.

Affiliations

  • Minnesota State Bar Association, Member
  • Iowa State Bar Association, Member
  • Dakota County Bar Association, Member

Honors & Awards

  • Minnesota Super Lawyers Rising Star® – 2010

Community

  • Dakota County Technical College Foundation (Past Board Member)
  • Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce (Past Board Member)
  • Lakeville Rotary (Past President, 2023–24)

EDUCATION

  • Hamline University School of Law, J.D., 1999

  • Iowa State University, B.A., 1995

ADMISSIONS

  • Minnesota State Courts

  • United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

  • Iowa State Courts

CONTACT INFORMATION

Direct: 952-460-9246

PRACTICE AREAS

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