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Labor and employment firm adds lawyer with deep experience fighting for workers' rights

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Labor, employment, workers' compensation and family law firm  is pleased to announce that attorney has joined the firm's labor law practice group.

"Erica has an excellent track record of fighting for workers' rights, and we are happy to welcome her to the team," said Managing Partner Deborah R. Willig. "Her insight into labor organizational strategy is a valuable asset, and we look forward to working with her to ensure our clients are treated with dignity and respect."

Askin comes to the firm with more than 15 years of experience in the courtroom and at the negotiating table. She was the first woman business manager elected by the public employee members of a trades' union local, the sole in-house counsel to a large private sector union local in Oregon, and a representative of a nurses' union in right-to-work Florida during the height of the pandemic. She most recently practiced as a plaintiff's employment attorney.

Among her accomplishments, Askin has trained and supported the leadership development of hundreds of union members throughout her career, enhancing her own leadership skills in the process. She understands that her union clients seek to build organization and that building strong organization requires navigating both legal pitfalls and opportunities.

"I am proud to join the labor attorneys at Willig, Williams & Davidson and help contribute to this firm's incredible legacy of advocating for working people," said Askin. "Workers are often vulnerable in the face of powerful forces seeking to take advantage of them, and it is an honor to stand with them and amplify their voices."

Askin also has represented plaintiffs in employment and civil rights cases including whistleblowing and claims for discrimination and harassment. Before receiving her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, she worked as an anti-poverty policy advocate in her home state of Florida, where she earned a bachelor's degree in social work at Florida State University. She has been an active volunteer in her community, serving organizations focused on human rights, racial equality, and economic justice.

About Willig, Williams & Davidson – Willig, Williams & Davidson () is one of the largest and most respected union-side labor law firms in the United States. The firm has offices in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as well as Haddonfield, New Jersey, and Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1979, Willig, Williams & Davidson focuses on representing labor unions, employee benefit funds and individual working people and their families on a variety of legal fronts, including national, regional and local contract negotiations; election and campaign finance; dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration and litigation; family law matters; benefits law design and compliance issues; discrimination, overtime and unpaid wages, and other employment matters; prepaid legal services for union members; social security disability; and workers' compensation matters in Philadelphia and beyond. Workers inspire us.

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