Emilee N. Crowther is a trial and appellate attorney who focuses her practice on all aspects of complex commercial litigation including contract, business, real estate, and construction disputes, as well as class action litigation. Ms. Crowther also regularly negotiates and drafts remediation construction contracts, surface use agreements, oil and gas leases, water use agreements, purchase and sale agreements, real estate deeds, and mineral deeds. Ms. Crowther is a member of the ABA Forum on Construction Law.
Ms. Crowther is a 2018 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she was assistant managing editor of the Oklahoma Law Review, and a graduate of the University of Texas. While at the University of Texas, Ms. Crowther was a section leader and member of the Longhorn Band.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- Construction Litigation
- Class Action Defense
- Energy Litigation
Admissions
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Education
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 2018
- Assistant Managing Editor, Oklahoma Law Review - University of Texas, B.A., 2015
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2022-present - University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing and Analysis, 2020-2023 - Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc.
- Associate Attorney, 2018-2022
Honors and Awards
- 2018 Recipient of the University of Oklahoma College of Law’s Professional Responsibility Award
Board Memberships
- Fix West Texas
- Founding Board Member, 2019-2022
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Fix West Texas, 2019-2022
Representative Matters
- Obtained a defensive summary judgment for a real estate organization and its affiliates. In a real estate transaction, the plaintiff claimed that certain information about the apartment complex it purchased had not been disclosed by the defendants. The summary judgment declared that the plaintiff take nothing against the defendants. The defendants were also awarded attorneys’ fees.
Selected Publications
- Co-author, “Louisiana Federal Court Grants Defendants’ Motion to Decertify Collective Action And Evidences A New Fifth Circuit Regime Post-Swales.” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, August 6, 2023
- Co-author, “Colorado Federal Court Denies Class Certification Without Uniform Job Conditions In Hybrid Wage & Hour Litigation” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, June 1, 2023
- Co-author, “Texas Supreme Court Reaffirms ‘Rigorous and Searching Judicial Analysis of Plaintiffs’ Claims’ Required Prior To Class Certification” Duane Morris Class Action Defense Blog, April 27, 2023
- Co-author, "Whose Testimony Is It Anyway--Can Expert Witnesses in Construction Trials Testify as to Industry Standards in Unambiguous Contracts?" Construction Law Journal, Winter 2022