Erica Krennerich

Senior Counsel
713.751.5263

[email protected]

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.

Education

The University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1987
  Order of the Coif

Texas A&M University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984

Admissions and Certifications

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

Memberships and Affiliations

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

Presentations and Publications

“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 LawThe 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)