Biography Overview
Emily Jeffcott joined Morgan & Morgan’s Pensacola office in 2019 as a trial attorney. She is licensed to practice law in Florida, Louisiana, Texas, New York and the District of Columbia. Her practice areas extend primarily to product liability multi-district litigation, focusing on depositions, science & expert development, trial practice, and law & briefing. Ms. Jeffcott is a member of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for In re: Juul Labs, Inc. Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litigation. In addition, Ms. Jeffcott is a member of the trial team and Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for In re: Taxotere Products Liability Litigation, serving on as co-chair for the law & briefing committee and a member of the science committee. Ms. Jeffcott is also a member of Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for In re: Valsartan (NDMA) Contamination Products Liability Litigation, serving on both the law & briefing committee and the science committee. Ms. Jeffcott’s past multi-district litigation experience includes In re: Xarelto. Products Liability Litigation, where she served as trial counsel in all bellwether trials, in addition to In re: Zofran Products Liability Litigation, In re: FEMA Trailer Products Liability Litigation, and In re: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Ms. Jeffcott has also represented whistleblowers across the country. Prior to joining Morgan & Morgan, Ms. Jeffcott was lead counsel for Relators in a $125 million qui tam settlement against Bechtel for alleged false claims related to the Hanford Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant in Washington. Ms. Jeffcott has also litigated cases involving Medicare fraud.
A 2009 graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, Ms. Jeffcott received numerous accolades for her oral advocacy skills and brief writing, including being named the ABA’s third-best advocate in the United States. An avid reader and writer, Ms. Jeffcott publishes regularly in legal journals and magazines distributed worldwide.
Practice Areas
- Mass Torts
Awards & Recognitions
- Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2021
- Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2013 – 2020
- Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2012
- National Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, 2014 – 2020
- Top New Orleans Lawyer, 2013 – 2018
- Louisiana Association for Justice Community Service Award, 2015
- Nominated Writer, 2008, American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
Multidistrict Litigation
Bar Admissions
- State of Florida
- State of Louisiana
- State of Texas
- State of New York
- District of Columbia
Memberships
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Louisiana Association for Justice Community Service Award, 2015
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers
Education
- St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas Juris Doctorate, 2009