Emma Freeburg
Attorney
EducationEmployment LitigationLitigationEmployment
Emma Freeburg is a litigation attorney at the Phoenix law firm of Jaburg Wilk. Her practice primarily focuses on commercial litigation, education and employment law matters.
- Admitted
- Arizona, 2024
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Assistant: Joy Brown, (602) 248-1000

About Emma
Emma is a commercial litigation attorney licensed in Arizona. Her practice focuses on employment law and education law matters. In her employment law practices, she helps employees with wrongful termination claims, Fair Labor Standards Act claims, discrimination claims, and retaliation claims. She also helps employers draft and revise Employee Handbooks to ensure compliance with local and federal laws. In her education law practice, she represents teachers before the Arizona Department of Education, helps students with Americans with Disabilities Act claims, and Rehabilitation Act of 1974 claims. She also represents students facing disciplinary action.
Emma has been recognized as a Phoenix Magazine Rising Star in Education Law. Prior to being admitted to practice, Emma clerked at various Phoenix area law firms assisting with probate, insurance defense, and securities claims.
While in law school, she completed two externships, one at the Arizona House of Representatives where she worked with the Rules Committee and the second at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division I. Additionally, she completed an internship at the Arizona Center for Disability Law in their Special Education Advocacy Program.
Awards and recognition
- Phoenix Magazine - Top Lawyers Rising Stars, Education Law, 2024, 2025
- Southwest Super Lawyers- Rising Stars, 2026
Recognitions reflect the selection methods of the organizations that give them. About awards and rankings
Articles
Seven Protections if You Win a USERRA Case
24 Jaburg Wilk Attorneys Named as 2025 Top Lawyer by Phoenix Magazine
Six Protections if You Win a USERRA Case
Jaburg Wilk Attorney Emma Freeburg Speaker at 2025 Epilepsy Education Day – Epilepsy in the School and Workplace.
Can I Be Forced to Arbitrate My Sexual Assault/Harassment Claims?
I Received Orders for Deployment: Will I Have a Job When I Come Back?
Professional affiliations
- Member, State Bar of Arizona
- Member, Arizona Employment Lawyers Association
- Member, Arizona Women Lawyers Association
Community involvement
- Arizona Women Law Students’ Association
Education
- J.D., Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, 2023
- B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 2018
Bar admissions
- Arizona, 2024
- United States District Court, District of Arizona, 2024
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