Emily Tu practices out of the firm’s New York office and prosecutes securities fraud, corporate governance, and shareholder rights litigation on behalf of the firm's institutional investor clients.
Since joining the firm, Emily has played a pivotal role in securing hundreds of millions of dollars in recoveries for harmed investors. Most recently, she was a key member of the litigation team that achieved a $138.75 million recovery in the high-profile securities class action involving Turquoise Hill and Rio Tinto. She was also a member of the teams that secured substantial recoveries in cases involving Ryder System ($45 million), Boston Scientific ($38.5 million), and James River ($30 million). She is currently prosecuting high-profile securities class actions involving Silicon Valley Bank, Elon Musk, Abbott Laboratories, and Illumina. Additionally, Emily serves as a key member of the firm’s Cash Sweep Task Force, pursuing cases against 10 banks and brokerage firms arising out of misconduct in their cash sweep programs.
Prior to her role at BLB&G, Emily worked as a Litigation Associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, where she focused on securities, antitrust, and commercial litigation. She also maintained an active pro bono practice, including representation of indigent clients in domestic violence and federal criminal prosecution cases.
Emily received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as Senior Editor of the Columbia Law Review. During this time, she also interned for various public interest and public service organizations, including the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, the Legal Aid Society’s Special Litigation & Law Reform Unit, and the New York City Law Department’s Affirmative Litigation Division. Emily graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in Comparative Literature.