Ms. Erika Anderson is a Partner with Garcia Hernandez Sawhney, LLP. Erika’s practice focuses primarily on Labor and Employment and Education Law. She has experience in private business litigation matters involving international contract law and foreign jurisdiction. Erika has also worked closely with numerous school districts across the state to help mitigate ongoing cuts in state funding, including contract negotiations with labor unions, engaging in impasse proceedings and fact-finding, and advising school districts on matters of employment law and grievance processing.
- Authored an article for the American Bar Association’s “Employment Law & Litigation” newsletter.
- Senior editor on the Harvard Environmental Law Review.
- Project chair for legal research and special projects for Harvard Law School’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Student attorney with the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau for two years and served as vice president of the organization.
- Member of the California Council of School Attorneys and the San Diego Lawyers Club.
- Interned with the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.
- Volunteered as a victim’s advocate with the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office.
Ms. Erika Anderson is Of Counsel with Garcia Hernandez Sawhney, LLP. Erika’s practice focuses primarily on Labor and Employment and Education Law. She has experience in private business litigation matters involving international contract law and foreign jurisdiction. Erika has also worked closely with numerous school districts across the state to help mitigate ongoing cuts in state funding, including contract negotiations with labor unions, engaging in impasse proceedings and fact-finding, and advising school districts on matters of employment law and grievance processing.
- Authored an article for the American Bar Association’s “Employment Law & Litigation” newsletter.
- Senior editor on the Harvard Environmental Law Review.
- Project chair for legal research and special projects for Harvard Law School’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Student attorney with the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau for two years and served as vice president of the organization.
- Member of the California Council of School Attorneys and the San Diego Lawyers Club.
- Interned with the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.
- Volunteered as a victim’s advocate with the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office.

OF COUNSEL
Ms. Erika Anderson is Of Counsel with Garcia Hernandez Sawhney, LLP. Erika’s practice focuses primarily on Labor and Employment and Education Law. She has experience in private business litigation matters involving international contract law and foreign jurisdiction. Erika has also worked closely with numerous school districts across the state to help mitigate ongoing cuts in state funding, including contract negotiations with labor unions, engaging in impasse proceedings and fact-finding, and advising school districts on matters of employment law and grievance processing.
EDUCATION
Harvard Law School
ADMISSIONS
State of California; U.S. District Courts, Central and Southern Districts of California.
- Authored an article for the American Bar Association’s “Employment Law & Litigation” newsletter.
- Senior editor on the Harvard Environmental Law Review.
- Project chair for legal research and special projects for Harvard Law School’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Student attorney with the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau for two years and served as vice president of the organization.
- Member of the California Council of School Attorneys and the San Diego Lawyers Club.
- Interned with the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.
- Volunteered as a victim’s advocate with the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office.

