Stephen Emery has been married for 21 years and has three minor children and two adult children. He grew up on grain and livestock farms. He has an Associate of Applied Science degree in Animal Science, a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Agriculture Education with minors in Agronomy and Animal Science. He has a Juris Doctor degree and is licensed to practice law.

Stephen has professional work experience as a County Agent (an agriculture consultant and a local leader in a youth leadership organization), a Sales Representative selling herbicides for American Cyanamid, and a Medical Representative promoting vaccines, antibiotics, and antihypertensive drugs for Lederle Laboratories. For the last 28 years, Stephen has worked in the legal field. The last 25 years has been invested in doing legal analysis and writing.