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 Willig, Williams
& Davidson is pleased to announce that attorney Erica Askin 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. 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."
"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 (http://www.wwdlaw.com) 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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Communications, 215.340.0480, sarah@furiarubel.com,
https://www.furiarubel.com/
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