Seastrom Tuttle Murphy Dockstader, Best Lawyers firm listing
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Seastrom Tuttle Murphy Dockstader, Best Lawyers firm listing

Overview

Overview

Emily Nickles Erickson is a Shareholder at Seastrom Tuttle Murphy Dockstader. She has practiced in California since 2014 and handles complex, high net worth matters across the full range of family law.

Best Lawyers has recognized her in Ones to Watch in America for Family Law every year since 2022. She graduated magna cum laude from Notre Dame Law School, where she received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Advocacy and a second Dean’s Award for her work on accountability for gross violations of human rights. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA.

She is a member of the Orange County Bar Association’s Family Law Section and practices from the firm’s Irvine office.

 

Certifications & Memberships

  • Orange County Bar Association Family Law Section
 

Awards & Memberships

  • Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in the field of Family Law – 2022-2027
 

Bar Memberships

  • State Bar of California
 

Education

  • UCLA, B.A. in Political Science
  • University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D. magna cum laude
    • Dean’s Award for Excellence in Advocacy – International Moot Court
    • Dean’s Award for Accountability for Gross Violations in Human Rights Course
    • Presenter at Notre Dame Peace Conference 2012