About Emilie A.
Emilie A. Swan is a lawyer practicing in Pennsylvania who balances court work and client counsel. She earned her J.D. from Duquesne University in 2017 after completing a B.A. at Gannon University in 2014. Those years set the groundwork for a tradition rooted in state and federal process instead of one tied to an unmarried strong point.
Her legal education at Duquesne provided exposure to civil legal proceedings, evidence and trial advocacy. While at Gannon she pursued a liberal arts curriculum that preceded law program. The series of degrees—B.A. in 2014, J.D. in 2017—places her amongst a cadre of attorneys who entered practice in the late 2010s and have since been building litigation knowledge.
Swan is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and is also licensed to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She holds current membership within the Pennsylvania State Bar. She joined the Erie County Bar Association in 2019 and keeps that local club alongside her statewide bar activities.
In her expert life she serves as an associate at MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton. In that role she handles filings, prepares court filings and looks in court proceedings. Her dossier work consists of drafting memoranda and motion practice, and she or he works with more senior attorneys on trial preparation. The company setting has given her ordinary exposure to both state-court dockets and federal filings within the Western District.
Colleagues describe her as methodical in making ready case substances and attentive to procedural necessities. She has developed knowledge responding to evidence-gathering process, dealing with depositions and briefing dispositive motions. Those tasks reflect an afternoon-to-day legal proceedings practice instead of transactional or regulatory work.
Her membership in local and state bar organizations has kept her related to regional legal developments since 2019. Participation in the ones teams additionally supports ongoing expert schooling and networking with different attorneys across areas of practice.
As a practicing attorney in 2026, Emilie Swan continues to work at MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton and manages matters springing up in Pennsylvania state courts and in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Her recent practice includes handling things in Pennsylvania state and federal courts.
