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ABOUT

Getting her start in the trenches as a legal aid attorney, Erika has years of experience in seeking justice for employees and consumers against unfair practices.  She has fought off debt collectors, obtained justice for wrongfully terminated employees, and untangled thorny credit reporting issues.  She has taken on local government for refusing proper restroom access to transgender people.  In 2015, she even had a federal court declare a state's garnishment statute unconstitutional for violating the rights of low-income debtors. 

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Whether your case is just starting, or whether you are up on appeal, Erika has the experience and passion to fight for the justice you deserve.

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Bar Admissions

  • California

  • New York

  • Georgia

Education

  • J.D., Northeastern University
    Boston, MA - 2009

  • B.B.A., Southern Methodist University
    Dallas, TX - 2002

Organizations

  • National Association of Consumer Advocates

Noteworthy Cases

Trial and Appellate Courts 

​Erika has participated in a number of precedent-setting decisions, including: 

  • In re Bird, 577 B.R. 365 (B.A.P. 10th Cir. 2017)

  • Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, 242 F.Supp.3d 910 (N.D. Cal. 2017)

  • Goudelock v. Sixty-01 Ass'n of Apt. Owners, 895 F.3d 633 (9th Cir. 2018)

  • Jahn v. Burke, 863 F.3d 521 (6th Cir. 2017)

  • Lizarraga-Davis v. Transworld Sys., 2019 WL 8263436 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 29, 2019)

  • Lizarraga-Davis v. Transworld Sys. Inc., 2022 WL 2789560 (N.D. Cal. July 15, 2022)

  • Lynch v. Jackson, 845 F.3d 147 (4th Cir. 2017)

  • Mattioda v. Nelson, 98 F.4th 1164 (9th Cir. 2024)

  • Moore v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 2022 WL 16856105 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 10, 2022)

  • Prado v. Equifax Info. Servs. LLC, 331 F.R.D. 134 (N.D. Cal. 2019)

  • Raysoni v. Payless Auto Deals, 296 Ga. 156 (2014)

  • Rudio v. Credit Control, LLC, 2018 WL 4772303 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 1, 2018)

  • Salgado v. CitiGroup Corp. Holdings, Inc., 608 F. Supp. 3d 984 (C.D. Cal. 2022)

  • Slater v. United States Steel Corp., 871 F.3d 1174 (11th Cir. 2017) (en banc)

  • Sponsler v. Sponsler, 301 Ga. 600 (2017)

  • Sponsler v. Sponsler, 353 Ga. App. 627 (2020)

  • Strickland v. Alexander, 153 F.Supp.3d 1397 (N.D. Ga. 2015)

  • Strickland v. Alexander, 154 F.Supp.3d 1347 (N.D. Ga. 2015)

  • Strickland v. Alexander, 162 F.Supp.3d 1302 (N.D. Ga. 2015)

  • Strickland v. Alexander, 772 F.3d 876 (11th Cir. 2014)

  • In re Ngwangu, 529 B.R. 358 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2015)

  • In re Teran, 638 B.R. 620 (Bankr. N.D. Cal. 2022)

  • In re Teran, 649 B.R. 794 (Bankr. N.D. Cal. 2023)

  • Venable v. SunTrust Bank, 335 Ga. App. 344 (2015)

  • Whaley v. Guillen (In re Guillen), 972 F.3d 1221 (11th Cir. 2020)

  • Woodard v. Navient Sols., LLC, 2024 WL 94468 (D. Neb. Jan. 9, 2024)

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