Erica has nearly twenty years of experience handling complex, “bet the company” business litigation and class action matters. She has litigated cases involving claims in some of the most complex areas of law, including antitrust and trade regulation, novel products liability claims, trade secret, mass tort, and health care insurance.  She has served as lead counsel in jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and arbitration. During trial, Erica has delivered opening statements, handled direct examination and cross examination of witnesses, defended all aspects of expert witness hearings, and argued numerous trial motions. Erica is adept at handling all aspects of pre-trial litigation and discovery, including preparation, briefing, and argument of Motions to Dismiss and Motions for Summary Judgment, preparation of experts for deposition, and taking and defending depositions, including corporate representative 30(b)(6) depositions.  She also has extensive experience with the development and execution of defensible eDiscovery processes in connection with contentious, high-stakes commercial litigation.

Her work also focuses on providing clients with strategic litigation counseling, including advising on practical discovery and information governance strategies. Erica has experience developing efficient and effective eDiscovery and information governance solutions related to records retention and challenges posed by emerging technologies to address clients’ complex business needs and information technology environments. Erica serves as Co-Chair of the Redgrave LLP’s Management Committee. Before joining Redgrave LLP, Erica worked at Kirkland & Ellis for 19 years, the last 12 of which were as a partner.

Chambers USA has recognized Erica as a leading lawyer in the field of E-Discovery and Information Governance. She was selected as one of “40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch” by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in 2016. Erica is currently a member of the National Association for Women Lawyers (NAWL) and serves on the NAWL Annual Meeting Leadership Committee. She formerly served on the Board of Directors (2010-2018) and as the Vice President of the Board of Directors (2016-2018) for Housing Opportunities for Women (HOW).  Erica also served on the Board of Directors for the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law from 2013- 2020 and was responsible for planning the Coalition’s Annual Leadership Forum from 2016- 2019. 
Erica received her J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Oklahoma State University.