Emily Fox Williams

Attorney at Law

“I love to help clients build today’s business and protect tomorrow’s legacy.”

Emily Fox Williams

Attorney at Law

“I love to help clients build today’s business and protect tomorrow’s legacy.”

Emily Fox Williams

Emily Fox Williams has practiced law since 1999, advising individuals, families, closely held businesses, and nonprofit organizations on a wide range of estate planning and business law matters. She brings a disciplined, practical approach to her work and is known for providing clear, timely guidance across both routine and highly nuanced issues.

Emily’s business practice includes for‑profit and non-profit entity formation; shareholder, buy/sell, and operating agreements; business succession planning; contract negotiation; employment law considerations for small and mid‑sized businesses; commercial leases; and asset and stock purchase transactions. She regularly assists clients with mergers, sales, and structural transitions, offering steady, strategic support from initial planning through closing.

In her estate planning practice, Emily drafts wills, trust agreements, and related planning documents tailored to each client’s personal, family, and business landscape. Her cross‑disciplinary background allows her to identify how business decisions affect personal planning, and vice versa, giving clients cohesive, forward‑looking solutions.

Emily is licensed to practice in Minnesota and Iowa and works primarily out of the firm’s Lakeville office. Clients value her responsiveness, practical clarity, and ability to make complex issues feel manageable.

EXPERIENCE

  • Negotiated $12M asset sale of national industrial services company
  • Negotiated $5.3M asset sale of local paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing company
  • Negotiated $4.2M asset sale of Minnesota-based dealer for Thomas Built Buses, selling and servicing school buses and commercial vehicles
  • Advised and guided a non-profit in connection with an internal investigation into allegations of financial impropriety and misconduct by a senior leader.
  • Trusted legal advisor to several former professional athletes, assisting with their post-career business endeavors for over 15 years.

Affiliations

  • Minnesota State Bar Association, Member
  • Iowa State Bar Association, Member
  • Dakota County Bar Association, Member

Honors & Awards

  • Minnesota Super Lawyers Rising Star® – 2010

Community

  • Dakota County Technical College Foundation (Past Board Member)
  • Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce (Past Board Member)
  • Lakeville Rotary (Past President, 2023–24)

EDUCATION

  • Hamline University School of Law, J.D., 1999
  • Iowa State University, B.A., 1995

ADMISSIONS

  • Minnesota State Courts
  • United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • Iowa State Courts

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