Erica E. Holland
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Disputes & Investigations
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Pro Bono
- False Claims Act/Qui Tam Defense
- Trade Secret Litigation
- Labor & Employment
- Class Actions
- Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection
- Intellectual Property
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Litigates complex commercial disputes in federal and state court and in arbitration.
- Conducts internal investigations and reviews and advises on compliance policies.
- Member of the firm’s cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice.
Erica’s practice covers a variety of litigation matters including civil litigation, government enforcement matters, internal investigations and legal compliance. She has worked on government and corporate internal investigations for domestic and international clients.
Erica has trial experience and has successfully briefed and argued numerous dispositive motions in complex litigation. She has experience responding to government subpoenas, working on complex multidistrict litigation, nationwide class actions and conducting internal investigations. She is a monthly contributor to AG Data Dive, which covers cybersecurity, privacy and other data-related topics impacting organizations across the globe.
Erica is active in the firm’s pro bono practice and has successfully defended a refugee at trial in removal proceedings in immigration court and won relief for a non-profit in the recovery of funds in D.C. Superior Court. She has also counseled clients of Time’s Up/National Women’s Law Center on defamation claims, conducted pre-publication libel review of a book manuscript for a non-profit publisher and represented individuals seeking asylum, tenants involved in proceedings before D.C. Landlord Tenant Court and supports the firm’s anti-human trafficking initiative.
EducationJ.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2015
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, cum laude, 2011
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2015
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, cum laude, 2011
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia
New York
District of Columbia
New York
- Akin, Robert Strauss Diversity Scholarship.
- “First Enforcement Action by NY Department of Financial Services Under Cybersecurity Regulation,” Akin Webinar, October 8, 2020.