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Education

Stanford University, J.D., with distinction, 2007, Order of the Coif; Articles Editor, Stanford Law Review, 2006-07

Harvard College, B.A., summa cum laude, 2004, Phi Beta Kappa; Detur Prize; John Harvard Scholarship

Profile

Erik Zimmerman guides clients through complex litigation and appeals. He helps companies, universities and individuals navigate class actions, antitrust lawsuits, constitutional cases and other high-stakes disputes.

Erik has particular experience in appellate litigation. He often joins cases for the first time on appeal and helps his clients overturn unfavorable rulings from the lower courts.

Erik is certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in appellate practice. He has argued appeals in the Fourth Circuit and the North Carolina appellate courts. He has also filed numerous briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts nationwide.

Erik co-chairs the firm’s Appeals Practice Group and serves on the North Carolina Bar Association’s Appellate Rules Committee.

Before joining Robinson Bradshaw, Erik clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the Fourth Circuit.

Honors & Awards

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk, The Honorable John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 2009-10
  • Law Clerk, The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2008-09

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Affiliations

Professional Affiliations

  • North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist, Appellate Practice
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Class Actions & Arbitration Litigation Advisory Committee, 2020-present
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Appellate Practice Section Council, 2018-24; CLE Chair, 2019-21
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Appellate Rules Committee, 2017-present
  • North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission, Triangle Pro Bono Legal Council, 2017-present
  • Law360, North Carolina Editorial Advisory Board, 2024
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