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Erik Lewis

Partner

Southern Illinois
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Erik practices in the Litigation Group, with an emphasis on products liability, toxic torts, and railroad litigation.

Prior to joining Thompson Coburn, Erik spent two years at a firm in Rockford, Illinois, where he gained experience working on transactional and litigation matters. He worked for two years after that as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois. While with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Erik was lead counsel on numerous federal, state, and administrative cases involving property damage, employment discrimination, alleged FMLA violations, and alleged liberty interest violations.

Publications

"Unmasking Anon12345": Applying an Appropriate Standard When Private Clients Seek the Identity of Anonymous Internet Defamation Defendants;
2009 U. Ill. L. Rev. 947, 2009