EMILEE M.
BRAMSTEDT

Practice Description

Emilee M. Bramstedt focuses her practice on the defense of complex commercial litigation matters, with a focus on mass actions involving pharmaceutical and medical devices and products liability.

Prior to joining HeplerBroom, Ms. Bramstedt gained legal experience as a law clerk in a range of legal areas (including health law, criminal defense, post-conviction relief, and family law) and legal settings (pro bono services, corporate, private practice, and district court).

Bar/Professional Associations

• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Chicago Bar Association
  • Women in the Legal Profession

Law School Honors/Involvement

• Dean’s Scholar
• Women in the Legal Profession Scholarship (2016)
• Criminal Law Society
  • Secretary
• Death Penalty Clinic
  • Case Assessor
• Health Law Society
• Illinois Innocence Project
  • Case Evaluator
• Journal of Health Law and Policy
  • Managing Editor

Other Professional Activities

• Trial Advocacy Leader (volunteer)
• Missouri Mock Trial Competition Judge (volunteer)

Published Legal Writing

• “Prejudgment Interest Legislative Developments in Illinois: The Prejudgment Interest Ball is Back in Governor Pritzker’s Court,” HeplerBroom Blog (April 16, 2021). (This blog post can be read here.)
• “Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Applies Learned-Intermediary Doctrine to IUD Case,” HeplerBroom Blog (February 18, 2021). (This blog post can be read here.)
• Co-authored a months-long series of over 150 regular updates of Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana governmental responses to the COVID-19 global pandemic (2002). (These posts are available here.)
• “Maintaining Legal Ethics During a Global Pandemic,” HeplerBroom COVID-19 Blog (March 27, 2020). (This blog post can be read here.)

Legal Lectures & Presentations

• "Recent Significant Developments in Consumer Protection Law,” American Bar Association audio seminar (July 14, 2020). (co-presenter)