Erika C. Birg has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Atlanta office as a partner.  Ms. Birg focuses her practice on commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, business torts, contract disputes, trade secrets, computer fraud and non-compete matters.

Ms. Birg assists clients with protecting their business interests in complex commercial litigation cases involving fraud, federal and state RICO claims, defamation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and duty of loyalty, as well as trade secret misappropriation, franchise disputes, and intellectual property claims.

Ms. Birg has experience in all forms of dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration, as well as litigation in federal and state courts across the country. She has also led complex internal investigations and State of Georgia bid protests. 

Ms. Birg regularly consults on revisions to business-to-business merger and asset acquisition contracts, limited liability company agreements, employment agreements, invention assignment agreements and noncompetition agreements, as well as confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements designed to protect commercially sensitive and proprietary information.

“Ms. Birg will be a valuable asset to our Nelson Mullins team. Her work and experience will deepen the Firm’s business litigation capabilities,” said Michael Hollingsworth, managing partner of the Atlanta office.

Before joining the Firm, Ms. Birg was partner at another distinguished law firm in Atlanta. After graduating from Emory University School of Law, she clerked for the Honorable Stanley F. Birch, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Following her clerkship for Judge Birch, Ms. Birg clerked for the Honorable Willis B. Hunt, Jr., on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.