Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Appeals, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Litigation

Partner and Co-chair of Hunton's Issues and Appeals Practice Group

Erika is co-chair of the issues and appeals practice group at Hunton Andrews Kurth. A former Solicitor General of Virginia, Erika is an experienced appellate and trial-level litigator. She has argued dozens of cases in federal and state courts, including a prevailing argument in the US Supreme Court.

Erika represents clients on a wide range of issues, including complex questions of constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and justiciability. She has experience handling environmental, energy, and First Amendment matters for clients, including in suits under the Administrative Procedure Act. She is also knowledgeable on federal preemption, products liability, personal jurisdiction, and sovereign immunity. She has litigated matters in numerous courts, including the US Supreme Court, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Supreme Court of Virginia, and the Eastern District of Virginia. Erika also provides clients strategic appellate support for matters in the pre-litigation phase and at the trial level. She clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer of the US Supreme Court and Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Admitted to the District of Columbia and Virginia State Bars

JD, Stanford Law School, Order of the Coif, Articles Committee, Stanford Law Review, 2008 BA, Duke University, summa cum laude, 2004