Erin Copeland is a native Houstonian born in 1973. She graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Radio-Television from the School of Communications at the University of Houston. During undergraduate school, Erin clerked at Gulf Coast Legal Foundation assisting underprivileged families in all areas of family practice. She attended South Texas College of Law where she competed on the varsity mock trial team and served as an officer on the school's Board of Advocates, earning multiple speaker awards and South Texas College of Law Advocacy Scholarships for 1998-1999 and 1999-2000.

During law school, Erin began clerking at the firm where she tried her first case with her third year law student bar card. Upon graduation in 2000, Erin accepted a position with the firm and has since been working on all aspects of personal injury litigation, including nursing home litigation, product liability, automobile litigation, deceptive trade practices, and construction defect cases. Erin has also co-authored several seminar papers, including Multidistrict Litigation in 2002.

Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury
Deceptive Trade Practices
Nursing Home Litigation
Products Liability
Automobile Litigation
Construction Defect Cases

Education:
South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, May, 2000
J.D.
Honors: South Texas College of Law Advocacy Scholarships, 1998-1999
Honors: South Texas College of Law Advocacy Scholarships, 1999-2000

University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1997
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: Radio-Television

Published Works:
Multidistrict Litigation, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships:
State Bar of Texas
Member

American Bar Association
Member

American Association for Justice
Member

Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Member

Houston Young Lawyers Association
Member

Houston Bar Association
Member

Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Member

Past Employment Positions:
Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, Clerk