Emily Marie Earnshaw

Emily M. Earnshaw represents clients in federal, state and local tax controversies and litigation, guiding them through civil tax matters including examination, administrative appeals, collections and trial. Based in Dallas, she is a member of Holland & Knight's Tax Practice and helps clients with criminal tax matters, including responding to grand jury subpoenas and criminal investigations.

Emily began at the Firm as a summer associate in Dallas, gaining experience in tax controversy and general litigation. She also clerked at a pro bono family law firm and a small private firm as well as externed with the Office of Judicial Staff Counsel and Special Magistration of the Tarrant County Criminal District Courts in Texas.

While in law school, she served as managing editor of the Texas A&M Law Review and participated in the Tax Dispute Resolution Clinic, where she helped qualifying individuals resolve matters at various stages of the tax controversy process, including through successful settlement negotiations with an IRS attorney. That early, hands-on controversy work informs the practical approach Emily brings to resolving disputes with taxing authorities.