Phone: (845) 923-12973

Email: ewalger@cowartdizzia.com

Emily Walger is Of Counsel with Cowart Dizzia LLP.  Emily provides advocacy for health care providers relative to Medicaid benefits at both the agency level and on appeal before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and represents Cowart Dizzia’s clients in conservatorship proceedings.

Emily also maintains her own veterans law practice, helping veterans and their families appeal disability benefit awards before the Veterans Administration, including VA regional offices nationwide, the VA Board of Veterans Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Emily has participated in the National Veterans Legal Services Pro Bono Program, providing appellate representation for indigent veterans concerning disability compensation, and worked early in her career with Vietnam Veterans of America. Emily’s background of over 20 years in administrative law, in particular with regard to appellate regulatory practice and veterans benefits issues, brings unique expertise to Cowart Dizzia.

Emily received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was a Massachusetts Commonwealth Scholar, and her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, where she served on the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law and as a dean’s fellow for the L.L.M. writing program. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the National Organization of Veterans Advocates and is licensed to practice in Massachusetts.