Erin Lutkewitte Kilgore

Practice Areas

Erin Kilgore focuses her practice on labor and employment law and litigation. She represents local, national, and international clients in cases involving a wide variety of substantive areas in state and federal courts, including the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana and the United States Courts of Appeal, Fifth Circuit. Erin is listed among the top Labor and Employment lawyers in the State of Louisiana by Chambers USA 2018-2023. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for 2024 and Louisiana Super Lawyers for 2024, and as a Rising Star from 2019-2022. Erin serves as Chair of the firm's Diversity Council and was appointed as a member of the 2020 class of Fellows of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).

Erin represents and advises employers on a variety of labor and employment issues, including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation litigation; wage and hour litigation, including collective actions and class actions; administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Louisiana Commission on Human Rights (LCHR), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); and day-to-day advice regarding the ADA, FLSA, FMLA, NLRB, Title VII, and state employment laws. Erin also represents and advises management on labor relations issues, including unfair labor practice charges and collective bargaining agreements with unions.

In addition, Erin represents clients in general litigation matters, including commercial litigation and defending claims under various theories of law for degradation of the environment.

Prior to joining the firm, Erin served as a law clerk to the Hon. Jay C. Zainey of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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