Erin N. Schiffman is a Litigation Associate at Odin Feldman Pittleman. She focuses her practice on employment law and business and civil litigation. Erin also helps students obtain accommodations in school and testing-related settings ranging from pre-K through professional licensing exams.
Prior to joining the firm, Erin was an associate at a boutique business and employment law firm in Fairfax, Virginia.
Erin received her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law, where she focused her studies on business, employment, and disability/special education law. Her passion for disability and employment law led her to the Civil Rights of Persons with Disabilities Clinic, where she provided legal assistance and advice to clients with disabilities in conjunction with the National Association of the Deaf and supervised other clinic students. While Erin was in law school, she gained valuable experience working as a law clerk for a mid-sized law firm and for a sole employment law practitioner in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Erin earned her Bachelor of Science in Business and Marketing from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a native of the DC-metro area and comes from a family of attorneys. Her first negotiation occurred at the age of two when she said “let’s negotiate a Hershey kiss for breakfast” rather than eat her oatmeal, and she began assisting her mother with document production at age five.
- Won summary judgment in favor of defendant on forgery and identity theft claims in D.C.
- Successfully negotiated $1.5 million separation agreement and package for C-Suite employee against global banking entity
- Successfully defeated Virginia trade secret claims in an arbitration
- Won partial summary judgment in favor of individual defendant on federal and Virginia trade secret, fiduciary duty of loyalty, and conversion claims brought by former employer in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Successfully defeated spoliation of evidence motion against individual defendant in trade secret misappropriation case brought by former employer claiming damages in excess of $23.3 million
- Successfully defeated motion to dismiss 14-count complaint for: failure to provide reasonable accommodations, disparate treatment disability discrimination, disparate treatment/wrongful discharge, and retaliation in violation of the ADA; sexual harassment, gender discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation in violation of Title VII; FMLA retaliation and interference; and failure to accommodate and disability discrimination/harassment, sex discrimination and harassment, hostile work environment, and retaliation in violation of the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- Obtained accommodations under the ADA, Section 504, and IDEA for elementary school child with disabilities
- Obtained accommodations under the ADA and Section 504 for high school student with disabilities
- Obtained damages for plaintiff on claims for unpaid wages under federal and Virginia law, and retaliation, and successfully pierced the corporate veil against owners of two corporations in Virginia state court
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Corporate Litigation and Shareholder Disputes
- Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants & Confidentiality Agreements
- Labor & Employment Law
- Business Law
- Trade Secret Litigation
Education
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
- J.D. - 2022
- Honors: cum laude
- University of Maryland College Park
- 2019
- Major: Business and Marketing
Bar Admissions
- Virginia
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Other Affiliations
- Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
- Fairfax Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Board Member, The Arc of Northern Virginia
Pro Bono Activities
- Help students obtain accommodations in school and testing-related settings ranging from pre-K through professional licensing exams