is a shareholder of Johnson Jackson LLC. For the past 17 years, she has defended employers before state and federal courts and agencies that regulate the employment relationship. Erin graduated cum laude from the University of Florida and obtained her Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law, where she served on the Law Review and the Mock Trial team. Since 2006, she has been board certified by The Florida Bar in Labor and Employment Law. She is AV-rated 5.0/5.0 by Martindale Hubbell, and has been recognized in several publications, including the 2015, 2016, and 2017 editions of Best Lawyers in America, for many years by Florida Trend as Legal Elite, and as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyer magazine. Erin is a frequent featured speaker for The Florida Bar on labor and employment issues. Her published articles include:
“Court Resolves District Split Over Offers of Judgment,” Lawyer, Hillsborough County Bar Association Jan. 2017;
“Staying in the Game: Women, Leadership & the Law” The Federal Lawyer May 2016;
“High Court Finds City’s Rejection of Test Results Was Unlawful Discrimination” The Checkoff, The Florida Bar July 2009;
- “Deciphering Who is a Covered Employer and Employee Under the FMLA Requirements” Council on Education in Management – Avoiding FMLA Headaches Oct. 2005;
Personal E-Mails of Public Employees are not Public Record” The Lawyer, Hillsborough County Bar Association Nov. 2003.
Erin assists employers in managing their employees, develops strategies for relations with labor organizations, handles business-related disputes involving employee theft of data/documents and non-competition agreement violations, and defends employers through trials and appeals when they are accused of violation of employment laws. Erin serves on the executive boards of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Trial and Litigation Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers. She is a member of the Finance and Governance Committees for the Glazer Children’s Museum, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Tampa.Member, Mock Trial, 1998-2000. Law Review, 1998-2000 and Associate Notes and Comments Editor, 1999, Florida State University College of Law. Law Clerk, Justice R. Fred Lewis, Florida Supreme Court, 8/1999-12/1999. Recognized by Florida Trend as a Member of the "Legal Elite Up and Coming Attorneys" in 2006-2009; Recognized by Florida Trend as a Member of the "Legal Elite"; Recognized as a "Rising Star" by Florida Super Lawyers.
