Rochester Office / [email protected] / P: 585.301.4777 / F: 585.301.4990
Erin concentrates her practice on business and commercial litigation.
Erin practices in State and Federal Court, and has represented clients in litigation arising from large-scale corporate transactions, commercial and residential real estate and loan agreements, complex contractual and shareholder disputes, employment disputes, land-use matters, and bankruptcy issues. Erin earned her J.D. degree, with high honors, from the George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC, and her M.A. and B.A. degrees in English Literature from St. Bonaventure University. Erin was a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan before moving to Rochester, where she practiced with Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP from 2019-2023, when she joined Weaver Mancuso Brightman PLLC.
Erin is an active participant in the Monroe County Bar Association (MCBA) and Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys (GRAWA), and is currently serving on the MCBA Board of Trustees as well as GRAWA’s Board of Directors. Since relocating to Rochester in 2018, Erin has chaired and actively served on several bar association committees, including the MCBA’s Litigation Council and President’s Commission on Anti-Racism, GRAWA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and Judicial Evaluation Committee, and the Lawyers’ Coalition for Racial and Social Justice, a joint coalition of the MCBA, GRAWA, and Rochester Black Bar Association. Erin devotes substantial time to community engagement on the issues of social justice, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Empire Justice Center. Erin has also been recognized for her commitment to pro bono representation, and is regularly named to the Pro Bono Honor Roll of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.
HONORS
- 2023 recipient of the William E. McKnight Volunteer Service Award from JustCause
- 2022 recipient of the President’s Award from the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys
- 2021 recipient of the Legal Excellence Award from the Rochester Business Journal and The Daily Record
- 2021 designation as “One to Watch” in Commercial Litigation by “The Best Lawyers in America”
- 2018 Union Settlement Law Firm Partner Honoree
- 2013 & 2014 recipient of the Pro Bono Publico Award from The Legal Aid Society
- Consistently recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine between 2015 and 2023