Emma H. Barry

COUNSEL
T 470.705.1254
F 404.806.6692
ebarry@harrisonllp.com
Atlanta, GA
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Emma Barry focuses her practice on Special Needs Trust matters and other aspects of comprehensive Special Needs Estate Planning.  Emma has worked with Kristen M. Lewis, Esq. in her Special Needs Estate Planning practice since graduating from Georgia State University College of Law in 2016.  She has extensive experience representing clients in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings in Probate Courts throughout Georgia, including inter and intra-state transfers of guardianships and conservatorships, as well as conservatorship planning in the context of a settlement. 

Emma serves as a Children’s Legacy Advisor for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.  She has also served on the boards of nonprofits that work to support persons with disabilities (most recently, Better Living Together, Inc.)

Emma is from Atlanta and attended Woodward Academy.  Emma, her husband, and their two children live in Dunwoody.  In her free time, she loves enjoying the outdoors with her husband, daughter, and son and having singing/instrument jam sessions with their family “band.”

Georgia

Georgia State University College of Law, J.D.

Davidson College, B.A.

Woodward Academy

  • State Bar of Georgia, Fiduciary and Elder Law Sections
  • Academy of Special Needs Planners, Member
  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Selected to participate in American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Southeast Fellows Institute.
  • Selected to participate in Philanthropic Advisors Leadership Institute, a program of the Philanthropic Advisor Partnership (a collaboration of Community Foundation For Greater Atlanta, Atlanta Jewish Foundation, and United Way of Greater Atlanta).
  • Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2021

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