Email: epedersen@pwllp.com

Erika Pedersen has extensive litigation experience in a full range of employment discrimination matters, including Title VII, the Equal Pay Act, Section 1981, the ADA, the ADEA, the FMLA, and various state laws and local ordinances. Her practice includes representing clients in all aspects of litigation, including state and federal administrative proceedings, trial, pre- and post-trial procedures, and appeals. She also has extensive experience representing clients in alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediation and arbitration.

Ms. Pedersen has represented employees across the country in individual and group litigation, as well as in class action lawsuits. While much of her work has focused on representing employees in the securities industry, Ms. Pedersen has represented clients in a wide range of industries. She has also litigated against local governments, including the City of Chicago.

Prior to establishing her own firm, Ms. Pedersen was a partner at Stowell & Friedman, Ltd. in Chicago.

Ms. Pedersen is AV peer review rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Practice Areas
Employment Discrimination; Employment Litigation and Counseling; Mediation and Arbitration; Sexual Harassment; Employment Contracts; Executive Severance Contracts; Civil Rights

Admitted:
1995, Illinois; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit 

Law School:
DePaul University, J.D. With Honor; Order of the Coif; Law Review 

Member:
Chicago Bar Association; National Employment Lawyers Association; NELA/Illinois 

Publications:
Author: "You Only Get What You Can Pay For: Dziubak v. Mott and its Warning to the Indigent Defendant," 44 DePaul L. Rev. 499 (1995).

Born:
Atlanta, Georgia