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Erika A. Inwald

  • Associate
  • New York
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OVERVIEW

Erika’s practice focuses on consumer protection, antitrust, human rights, and environmental litigation. She is especially interested in litigation that impacts the food and agriculture industry. Erika has successfully argued motions in courts throughout the country and is highly skilled in drafting compelling Complaints. She has played key roles in high‑stakes disputes, where she regularly leads discovery conferences and works closely with subject‑matter experts. Erika’s research, analysis, and advocacy have earned her recognition from clients, co‑counsel, and the courts.

During law school, Erika was a recipient of the Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Performance in the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic and the Gerald Gunther Prize for Outstanding Performance in Social Responsibility, Race, Gender, and the Corporation. As a law student, Erika was involved in two environmental cases, Delacroix Corp. et al. v. Becerra and Monterey Coastkeeper et al. v. Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board et al.

Before law school, Erika led a non-profit that sought to foster collaboration between farmers, farmworkers, traders, retailers, and consumers in the United States and Canadian sustainable agriculture movement. Erika also was a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow, where she led community organizing for a coalition of emergency food providers and drafted agriculture policy memoranda.

Prior to joining the firm, Erika served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ivan L.R. Lemelle of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

A Brooklyn native, Erika currently resides in Manhattan. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, trying new restaurants in the city, traveling to new places, and reading the NYTimes.

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