Erica Krennerich focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation with a concentration in antitrust matters. Erica represents both plaintiffs and defendants from a broad array of industries, including oil and gas, commodity and specialty chemicals, securities, telecommunications, and technology. Erica has extensive experience with legal issues related to electronic discovery and presents regularly to clients and peers regarding electronic discovery topics.
Erica began her career with Vinson & Elkins in Houston where she spent more than three decades as part of the complex commercial and business litigation section.
The University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1987
Order of the Coif
Texas A&M University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Colorado
District of Columbia Bar
United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern & Eastern Districts of Texas
Texas Legal Services Center
Board of Directors (2006-present)
Chair (2010-2012)
Dress for Success Houston
Founder of “Legal Literacy Series” for DFS clients
Corporate Guild Representative
Houston Bar Association, Member
Legal Line Committee
Chair (1997-1998)
Co-Chair (1994-2000)
Law Internship Approval Committee (1997-1999)
American Bar Association, Member
“Overview of Texas’s New Business Courts for Commercial Disputes and General Comparison to Other States’ Business Court Structures,” in Proceedings of the Institute on Energy Law – The Center for American and International Law, Seventy-Fifth Annual Institute on Energy Law by Barrett Reasoner, Ayesha Najam and Erica Krennerich (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2024)