Attorney
Emmerson Mirus
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Nadia Riese
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Emmerson is an associate working in the firm’s Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Immigration Practice Groups. During her time as a law student, Emmerson clerked at Boardman Clark, externed in the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Civil Litigation Unit, and served as the Senior Note & Comment Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review. Emmerson’s extensive legal writing experience helps her serve clients with a wide range of legal issues.
Admitted to Practice
- Wisconsin state courts
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of Wisconsin Law School, 2025
- Wisconsin Law Review, Senior Note & Comment Editor, 2024-25
- Gwynette E. Smalley Law Review Prize, 2025
- William Herbert Page Award for the best student article on a Wisconsin topic in the Wisconsin Law Review, 2024
- Ray and Ethel Brown Award for character, leadership, and service, 2024
- Top performance in Civil Procedure II
- B.A., magna cum laude, Sociology and Spanish, Kenyon College, 2022
Emmerson’s Latest Writing & Presentations
“Duration of Status” Is Ending for F-1 Students: What International Students (and Their Employers) Need to Know
For Employers | 08.31.26
On July 17, 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule ending the longstanding “Duration of Status” (D/S) framework for F-1 students. Beginning September 15, 2026, most F-1 students will receive a fixed period of admission rather than being admitted for the indefinite duration of their academic program. This is one of the most significant changes to F-1 status in decades.