Biography
Emma Kent joined Martin Tate as an Associate in 2022. She was a Summer Associate with the firm in 2021. Emma also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Bernice B. Donald at the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and worked as a student attorney in the University of Memphis's Medical Legal Partnership Clinic.
Emma graduated magna cum laude from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 2022. She served as Senior Notes Editor of Volume 52 of the University of Memphis Law Review and as a research assistant to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jodi Wilson. Emma received several honors during law school, including the Andrew McClurg Best Note Award, Runner-Up, and a CALI Award for the highest grade in multiple courses.
Prior to law school, Emma worked as a journalist at the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo, Mississippi. Emma earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Mississippi State University, where she also served as Editor-in-Chief of the university's student newspaper, The Reflector.