Erin Formby is a litigator with over half a decade of experience representing clients in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Erin approaches dispute resolution with an analytical mindset shaped by her background in chemistry. She is comfortable navigating highly complex matters and brings a steady focus to understanding how facts, data, and legal strategy intersect.
Erin represents clients in state and federal courts, and she has broad experience in both international and domestic commercial arbitration. She has represented clients in arbitrations under the ICDR International Arbitration Rules, AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, AAA Construction Arbitration Rules, and CPR Non-Administered Arbitration Rules, among others. She represents corporate and individual clients across a range of industries, including energy, finance, real estate, construction, and technology. She has handled disputes arising out of services agreements, trust agreements, purchase and sale agreements, JOAs, sales of goods, easement agreements, lease agreements, and licensing agreements, often in matters that require close attention to technical and contractual detail. Erin also has experience with fiduciary litigation, successfully defending a Trustee through trial in a case involving breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims.
Prior to her commercial litigation career, Erin graduated from Harvard Law School with honors. While at HLS, she spent a semester studying abroad in Bogotá, Colombia, further developing her Spanish language skills and gaining experience with international legal issues. Following graduation, Erin returned to Bogotá as a Harvard Law School Public Service Venture Fund Fellow, working with a Colombian organization on domestic and international litigation matters. Having lived and worked in Latin America, Erin is professionally fluent in Spanish and has applied these skills in litigation and arbitration, including directing a witness who testified in Spanish during an ICDR arbitration evidentiary hearing, where she defended the testimony and addressed translation issues on the record.
