Emily M. Yancey

Emily M. Yancey was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1981, and was raised in Demopolis, Alabama.  In 2002, she received her bachelor of arts degree from Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, where she majored in English Literature and Language. While in Starkville, she founded and served as president for MSU Habitat for Humanity, as well as serving on the board of Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity.

In 2003, Mrs. Yancey began attending the University of Alabama School of Law, where she was a student member of the Farrah Law Society and a judicial extern in the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court.

Mrs. Yancey graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2006 and was admitted to practice in Alabama the same year.  She is also admitted to practice in the state of Mississippi, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama and the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Mrs. Yancey's areas of practice are:

• Bankruptcy
• Commercial Law
• Consumer Finance
• Creditor's Rights