He is a Ranger qualified Vietnam Veteran with service in the U.S. Army [508th Airborne Infantry] in Panama and in Aerial Reconnaissance for Ranger operations in Vietnam.  He was the technical expert on the lead male character who was a Ranger in the Vietnam War for Holly Lisle's book Last Girl Dancing.

In addition to being a qualified Ranger, Airborne, and Jumpmaster, Emory also taught at the Jungle Warfare School in Panama.  He served in several airborne, jungle infiltration, amphibious landings, and riot control demonstrations or operations.  He's even parachuted onto hard concrete or extracted others from thorn laden trees in the jungle.

He once saved the life of a man in a fall during a cliff rappelling exercise, and himself has been down a cliff on a nasty (dark & stormy) rainy night without a safety rope.

In short, he's been the modern equivalent of his cavalry ancestors in the Civil War setting for the action-adventure book being written.

Thus the tag line above:  Been There; Done that!

Thirty years experience as an active practicing attorney spans the gamut of litigation of criminal defense, personal injury, divorce, real estate, debtor and creditor rights, fraudulent conduct, venture capital and a public offering, and in legal and medical malpractice cases.  He now restricts his legal practice to estate planning, administration, asset protection, real estate investment, and related areas.  Emory is Chairman of the McLean Estate Planning Council, founder of the McLean Business Forum, and in Who's Who in America.  When he's relatively quiet instead of leading the charge, he's a member of the Northern Virginia Estate Planning Council, Rock Spring Church, the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the Arlington, McLean, and Virginia Bar Associations.

He lives with his wife, Carol, in Arlington, Virginia, and practices law in Northern Virginia. Emory is a frequent speaker for professional groups on estate planning.

With Linda, he is a founder of the thriller/suspense Writer's Group known as Panic, Chaos and Disorder, is a member of Washington Independent Writers, and a charter members of International Thriller Writers.

Emory is the author for our popular Civil War Guns section.

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