Elizabeth E. Erickson

A partner in Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP, in New York, New York, Elizabeth E. Erickson is a distinguished matrimonial and family law attorney. Her career began overseas, clerking for a London solicitor’s firm and continued stateside as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ronald L. Reisner in the New Jersey Superior Court, Family Part.

In that role, Ms. Erickson drafted decisions and orders on pendente lite relief, child support, custody, equitable distribution, maintenance and post-judgment modifications – experience that underpins her keen strategic sensibility in resolving complex family disputes.

Since receiving her J.D. from the New England School of Law in 2006, Ms. Erickson has devoted herself exclusively to family law. Over the past decade and a half, she has guided individuals and high net worth families through every stage of litigation – from negotiating premarital agreements and settlement talks to handling trial work and appellate advocacy across Long Island, Westchester County and throughout New York City. Her practice marries rigorous legal analysis with a thoughtful appreciation for the emotional dynamics at play in matrimonial matters.

An active leader in the New York State Bar Association, Ms. Erickson serves on the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section as co-chair of the Legislation Committee and contributes to the Association’s Committee on membership. She lectures regularly on Family Court practice and co-authored the New York Law Journal article “Fields v. Fields: The ‘Townhouse Stoop-Sweeping’ Case Ten Years Later” (July 2020). Her essay “What Custody Arrangements Miss: The Mental Load” has been featured by prominent wellness thought leaders, highlighting her commitment to the psychological dimensions of family law.

A 2002 B.A. graduate of Kenyon College, Ms. Erickson is the recipient of the 2017 Trial Academy Scholarship Award and holds the AV Preeminent* peer-review through Martindale-Hubbell.

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