Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Erik's litigation experience focuses on complex commercial cases, class action disputes, novel regulatory matters, and complex appeals. Erik has had involvement in several aspects of the litigation process in federal and state courts, including preparing expert depositions, interviewing witnesses, managing electronic discovery, and arguing appeals. His drafting experience includes pleadings, class certification papers, dispositive motions, pretrial orders, post-trial memoranda, and appellate briefs.

Before joining Jones Day, Erik was the 2005-2006 Simon Karas Fellow, serving as assistant solicitor in the Ohio Attorney General's Office. During his fellowship, he authored portions of the briefs and helped prepare for oral argument in a case before the United States Supreme Court (DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno, 547 U.S. 342 (2006)), in which the court rejected a constitutional challenge to a state tax incentive program. Erik also argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and authored briefs in the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• Howland v. First American Title Insurance Company, No. 07 C 2628 (N.D. Ill.)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Ohio State University

Address

P.O. Box 165017
Columbus, OH 43216-5017

Phones

1.614.281.3653 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.614.461.4198 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com