Ms. Erika Jacobsen White

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Ms. Erika Jacobsen White: Attorney with Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A.

Biography

Erika Jacobsen White practices client-centered trauma informed lawyering. She believes that access to justice happens both inside and outside of the courtroom, and that a good lawyer helps clients feel empowered in the face of a system that is often stacked against them.

Erika practices in the areas of employment discrimination, sexual abuse, civil rights, wage and hour, class action, and whistleblower/qui tam matters. Erika also handles executive employment agreements, severance and non-compete agreements. Her career-long commitment to representing real people facing tough challenges in their lives has resulted in significant results for her clients at trial, mediation, and arbitration – recovering millions of dollars for her clients over the course of her career.

Erika joined Joseph Greenwald & Laake after serving as the Principal of Jacobsen White Law, P.C. in Oakland, California. She is a leader in the employment bar and currently serves on the United States District Court of Maryland’s Fee Petition Appendix B Subcommittee, as a member of the Board of the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, on the D.C. Bar’s Labor & Employment Steering Committee, on the Board of the DC Trial Lawyers Association, and is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Council.
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Areas of Practice (14)

  • Employment Law
  • Civil Rights
  • Harassment
  • Discrimination
  • Retaliatory Discharge
  • Wrongful Termination
  • Race Discrimination
  • Sex Discrimination
  • National Origin Discrimination
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Personal Injury
  • Police Misconduct
  • Elder Abuse

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Virginia, B.A., 2000
Law School Attended:
Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2007
Year of First Admission:
2007
Admission:
2007, California; 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2020, District of Columbia; 2020, Maryland; Appellate Court of Maryland; Supreme Court of Maryland; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Memberships:
Maryland State Bar Association; DC Trial Lawyers Association; DC Bar Association; Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers’ Association; American Association for Justice; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Alameda-Contra Costa County Trial Lawyers’ Association; Consumer Attorneys of California.
Languages:
Spanish
ISLN:
919677379

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240-843-1076  Phone

301-220-1214  Fax

www.jgllaw.com/attorney/erika-jacobsen-white

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