Erin leads the Associate Competencies Engagement (ACE) Program for the firm’s transactional associates.

Overview

Associate Competencies Engagement (ACE) Counsel

The ACE Program aims to support associates’ timely development of legal and business competencies, ensure equitable access to career-enhancing work experiences, and empower associates in their own professional development.

As part of this effort, Erin regularly meets with assigned associates to discuss self-assessments, review progress on their development of core competencies, and identify professional and business development needs and opportunities. Where appropriate, Erin assists associates and their Division Chairs with developing action plans to accelerate skill development based on the associate’s tenure and practice area. To better support associates and assigning attorneys, she participates in the annual review process and division meetings. To facilitate administration of the ACE Program, Erin works closely with Division Chairs, Practice Group leaders, and other ACE Counsel, and she also collaborates with multiple internal teams, including the Professional Development, Marketing and Business Development, Pro Bono, Diversity & Inclusion, and Well-Being Departments.

Experience

Prior to leading this associate-focused initiative as ACE Counsel, Erin advised employers on all areas of employment law compliance and human resources practices, including hiring and firing, wage and hour compliance, leaves of absence, accommodations for disabilities, and preventing discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

In addition to advising clients on day-to-day matters, Erin defended employers in a range of employment matters, including wage and hour collective and class action litigation, discrimination and retaliation claims, and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Erin has successfully defended employers in matters before the EEOC, Missouri Commission on Human Rights, Kansas Human Rights Commission, and in federal and state courts.

Prior to joining the firm, Erin served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

News & Insights

Speaking Engagements

"Employment Law Concerns of the New Normal: Remote Work", Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry Workforce 2030 Conference, October 22 

Recognitions

Recognitions

Named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America list, 2022-2025

Named a Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers© Rising Star, 2019 - 2022

Professional & Civic Activities

Professional & Civic Activities

American Bar Association

The Missouri Bar

Cole County Bar Association

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Admissions

  • Missouri, 2013
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
  • U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., cum laude, 2013

Columbia College, B.A., 2009

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