Mr. Emerson graduated, with honors, from the University of Georgia Law School in 1981 where he was a member of the Georgia Law Review. He was admitted to the State Bar in 1981. Mr. Emerson practices in the area of creditors' rights and complex business litigation, including bankruptcy. Mr. Emerson has over seventeen years of experience in commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He has received an AV rating from the nationwide Martindale Hubbell Law Directory reflecting its highest rating for legal abilities based upon a survey of local judges and attorneys. He has published numerous articles in various law reviews and professional journals. Mr. Emerson has also taught and lectured, on legal issues, at various universities and to professional organizations. Mr. Emerson is licensed to practice before all state courts of Texas and the Federal District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of Texas, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Mr. Emerson's publications include the following: Aronson and Its Progeny: Limiting Derivative Actions Through Demand Requirements, 19 John Marshall Law Review 571, 1986; The Director as Corporate Legal Monitor: Environmental Legislation and Pandora's Box, 15 Seton Hall Law Review 593, 1985; The Dischargeable Debt in Bankruptcy and Environmental Liability; Ohio v. Kovacs, 18 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal 254, 1986; Governmental Actions Under the Section 362(b)(4) Bankruptcy Exemption; of Police Powers and Pecuniary Interests, 90 Commercial Law Journal 101, 1985; Comment, Renewed Respect for Catch-all Phrases in Employment Codes--Davis v. Williams, 15 Georgia Law Review 219, 1980, Comment, The Descendibility of the Right of Publicity; Memphis Development Foundation v. Factors Etc., Inc., 14 Georgia Law Review, 1980.