Emilie K. Elliott

With years of experience working for large law firms in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, CA, as well as operating her own law practice in Arroyo Grande, CA for several years, Emilie Elliott joined Pierce Davis & Perritano in February of 2026.

Emilie has extensive experience in employment law, antitrust and unfair competition, business and entertainment contracts and litigation, healthcare law, intellectual property protection and litigation and real estate transactions. She has also performed workplace investigations for many businesses and public entities throughout the Central Coast, and is available to perform workplace investigations remotely for businesses outside the area.

Practice Areas

• Corporate and Business Transactions
• Employment Law
• Workplace Investigations
• Industrial Health and Safety
• Intellectual Property
• Litigation
• Real Estate, Real Property, and Land Use
• Asbestos Defense Litigation

Emilie earned her Bachelors of Science in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her J.D. from the University of Southern California.  While in law school, she earned the Peter J. Knecht Award for Excellence in Copyright, Contract and Entertainment Law and was the production editor of the Review of Law and Women’s Studies Journal.  She also participated in the Post-Conviction Justice Project and earned the top grade in her class in both civil procedure and copyright law.

She has been a member of the California Bar since 2005 and became a member of the Patent Bar in 2004 while still in law school. In 2024, she became an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder, which is a prestigious, ANAB-accredited designation for individuals who perform investigations in the workplace.

Emilie also has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Creighton University, where she graduated number one in her class.

Emilie currently resides in Arroyo Grande, CA with her three children and her fur baby, Bubbles. Emilie has served on the board of directors of CASA of San Luis Obispo County and the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga and pilates, meditating, running and snowboarding, spending time with her fiancé, and cheering her kids on from the sidelines at their many activities.