Erinn Contreras > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP Offices
FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER
SEVENTEENTH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Erinn Contreras
Work Department
Business Trial; Real Estate, Energy, Land Use & Environmental; Construction
Position
Erinn Contreras is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in Sheppard Mullin’s San Francisco office and leader of the firm’s Multifamily Housing Team and Chambers-ranked Construction Team. She was named by the Daily Journal as one of 2021’s “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in California.
Erinn is a seasoned construction and real estate attorney who primarily represents owners, developers and investors in all stages of construction projects. She negotiates and drafts a variety of construction contracts, including design-build contracts, EPC contracts, professional/consultant agreements and modified AIA contracts. Erinn regularly counsels clients on issues that arise during the course of construction and provides strategic business advice to minimize risks.
Erinn also has extensive experience litigating construction-related claims, including construction defect, delay, cost overrun, mechanic’s lien, quiet title and products liability claims, as well as a variety of real estate disputes, including failed real estate transactions, lease disputes, misrepresentation, non-disclosure and encroachment issues. She works collaboratively with clients, consultants, expert witnesses and opposing parties to resolve disputes economically and efficiently. When early resolution is not possible, she vigorously litigates on behalf of her clients.
Memberships
Trial Law Institute
Diversity Law Institute
Board Member, UCLA Law Women LEAD; Co-Chair, Local Events Committee
Education
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Westminster College
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is adept at handling a broad range of international and domestic construction law matters, as well as litigation and arbitration mandates, assisting a range of clients such as owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, REITs, lenders and sureties drafting and negotiating construction contracts, design services contracts, and other construction-related contracts. Exemplifying this in particular are practice heads Erinn Contreras in San Francisco and Ira Schulman in New York. Other key names in New York are Cesar Pereira and Emily Anderson, who was promoted to partner in March 2023. In Del Mar, John Yacovelle represents clients in disputes and emphasizes energy, while Marisa Miller comfortably handles commercial litigation matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Real estate > Real estate finance