Erica is a seasoned commercial and insurance coverage litigator, regularly serving as lead coverage counsel for top-tier carriers in a wide array of complex, high-exposure disputes. The industry's most sophisticated insurers rely on her to navigate novel coverage questions, issues of first impression, and multi-layered disputes that demand both legal ingenuity and deep market knowledge. She is the advocate carriers call when the exposure is significant and the legal terrain is uncharted.
Equally formidable in the investigative arena, Erica routinely leads multi-faceted, fact-intensive investigations spanning fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, regulatory misconduct, and other high-exposure allegations. She counsels company boards, special committees, and senior management on preempting and promptly resolving potential disputes, government investigations, and enforcement actions—guiding clients through existential business, legal, and reputational crises with discretion and decisive strategic judgment. While a zealous courtroom advocate, Erica is equally valued as a trusted behind-the-scenes counselor who helps leadership teams confront risk head-on and emerge in the strongest possible position.
Erica's broad litigation experience also encompasses breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, conversion, fraudulent transfer, theft of corporate opportunity, RICO, accounting and disclosure irregularities, False Claims Act violations, and non-compliance with Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering laws and regulations, among others. She has successfully resolved numerous disputes through favorable settlements, mediation, and trial verdicts, and defended against government investigations securing non-prosecution and no-penalty outcomes. Clients entrust their most sensitive and consequential matters to Erica because she delivers results—consistently, decisively, and when it matters most.
Erica’s representative experience includes:
- Travelers in wildfire litigation
- Travelers in silica coverage litigation
- Other leading insurers in defending claims from aircraft owners alleging damages from aircraft stranded as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war
- Top manufacturers in large-scale breach of contract disputes
- CEO of a major medical device company in two high-profile federal criminal jury trials and parallel SEC action alleging insider trading
- Major sports network in mediation proceedings and settlement of a 9-figure breach of contract claim by a popular sports team
- Leading international manufacturer in a multi-patent infringement suit and settlement
- Top movie studios in various rights and breach-of-contract suits and pre-litigation disputes
- Directors and audit committee members of a major bank in parallel federal grand jury and FDIC investigations into compliance with BSA/AML laws and regulations
- Founders of a major global technology company in audit committee, criminal and SEC investigations involving accounting practices, internal controls, corporate governance and intellectual property ownership issues
- Large regional bank in a political embezzlement suit involving allegations of aiding and abetting fraud and BSA violations
- Group of foreign corporate plaintiffs in U.S. litigation alleging over $70 million in damages involving causes of action for fraud, conversion, civil theft and RICO, among others
- Large-scale manufacturer in a breach-of-contract and negligence suit against a supplier, obtaining a favorable settlement in mediation
- Large commercial aviation service provider in litigation involving cross-claims for breach of contract and fraud
- Major hospitality client in a high-stakes environmental safety investigation
- Large defense manufacturer in a DOJ investigation into alleged False Claims Act violations involving a contract award
- Telecommunications service provider in a DOJ investigation into alleged False Claims Act violations involving certain benefit programs
Erica received her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2010, and her B.A. in Political Science, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2007.