Principal
Commercial Litigation
Phone: 717-612-6035
Fax: 717-731-1985
eanderson@postschell.com
Navigates companies and professionals in sensitive, challenging, and high-stakes commercial, governmental, and employment litigation, white-collar government investigations, attorney ethics and disciplinary proceedings, internal investigations, and professional licensing matters.
Erik R. Anderson concentrates his practice on complex commercial, governmental, and employment litigation, attorney and law-firm defense, government investigations, and internal investigations. Erik is routinely engaged by companies, executives, high-ranking public officials, law firms, attorneys, and other professionals ensnared in the legal process, often under intense professional, reputational, or media scrutiny. In that regard, Erik has represented elected or appointed officials—from both sides of the aisle—from each branch of Pennsylvania state government and each Chamber of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings.
Erik has obtained Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer rating, AV Preeminent. This rating is given to attorneys whose peers rank them at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards. Likewise, The Best Lawyers in America© recognized Erik in its 2022 edition in the category of Commercial Litigation. For information about these selections and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and lists methodologies, click here.
In commercial matters, Erik represents both plaintiffs and defendants in connection with complex disputes of all stripes in federal and state courts. In criminal matters, Erik represents companies and individuals in government investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, federal and state grand jury investigations, and trials. He also conducts sensitive internal investigations for law firms, businesses, government agencies, and religious institutions.
In his legal profession and ethics practice, Erik defends attorneys and law firms responding to ethics inquiries and defends against prosecutions brought by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.
Before joining Post & Schell, Erik practiced for five years as the lead attorney in the Harrisburg office of Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP. Before that, he spent nearly a decade in government service, where he held in-house counsel positions with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Erik R. Anderson concentrates his practice on complex commercial, governmental, and employment litigation, attorney and law-firm defense, government investigations, and internal investigations. Erik is routinely engaged by companies, executives, high-ranking public officials, law firms, attorneys, and other professionals ensnared in the legal process, often under intense professional, reputational, or media scrutiny. In that regard, Erik has represented elected or appointed officials—from both sides of the aisle—from each branch of Pennsylvania state government and each Chamber of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings.
Erik has obtained Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer rating, AV Preeminent. This rating is given to attorneys whose peers rank them at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards. Likewise, The Best Lawyers in America© recognized Erik in its 2022 edition in the category of Commercial Litigation. For information about these selections and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and lists methodologies, click here.
In commercial matters, Erik represents both plaintiffs and defendants in connection with complex disputes of all stripes in federal and state courts. In criminal matters, Erik represents companies and individuals in government investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, federal and state grand jury investigations, and trials. He also conducts sensitive internal investigations for law firms, businesses, government agencies, and religious institutions.
In his legal profession and ethics practice, Erik defends attorneys and law firms responding to ethics inquiries and defends against prosecutions brought by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.
Before joining Post & Schell, Erik practiced for five years as the lead attorney in the Harrisburg office of Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP. Before that, he spent nearly a decade in government service, where he held in-house counsel positions with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
