As vice chair of the Emerging Data Privacy Trends Practice, Erin leads cutting-edge litigation and compliance strategies in biometric and data privacy class action and mass arbitration defense. Erin represents clients nationwide in high-stakes matters defending BIPA, GIPA, CIPA, VPPA, and data breach claims, and emerging claims involving AI, pixels, cookies, and analytics – positioning them to navigate rapidly evolving privacy laws with confidence. She is at the forefront of advising on AI-based class actions and privacy compliance, combining technical insight with strategic foresight to achieve results that protect both immediate and long-term business objectives.
Prior to joining the firm, Erin was a partner at an Am Law 200 firm, where she was an essential part of the firm's Biometric Privacy practice, securing landmark wins that have influenced cybersecurity and privacy legislation and litigation. Before that, she was counsel with an Am Law 100 firm.
Erin presents and comments regularly on the topic of BIPA litigation in various panels, forums, podcasts, journals, and news outlets, having argued significant BIPA appeals to date before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In her pro bono practice, she has represented clients seeking asylum status under the Violence Against Women Act, and obtained legal status for several women faced with deportation, helping to keep them and their children safe from their abusers.
Erin earned her J.D. from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she was an articles editor for the Loyola Consumer Law Review. She earned her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.