Emily M. Yancey

Emily M. Yancey was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and 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. Mrs. Yancey is a 2006 graduate of 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 is admitted before the Alabama Supreme Court and U.S. District Courts of Alabama (Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts); the Mississippi Supreme Court and U.S. District Courts of Mississippi (Northern and Southern Districts); the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit; and the Tribal Court of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

Mrs. Yancey is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute; the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference; the Alabama Bar Association, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section; Mississippi Bar Association Commercial Law Section; and the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association.

She practices primarily in Mississippi and before the Tribal Court of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in the areas of:

• Bankruptcy
• Commercial Law
• Consumer Finance
• Creditor's Rights
• Foreclosures
• Replevins
• Mechanics' Liens and Commercial Collections
• Banks and Banking