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Erika L. Giroux

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Education

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2017

Wayne State University, B.S., 2014

Bar Admissions

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals

  • First Circuit
  • Sixth Circuit
  • Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court

  • Eastern District of Michigan
  • Western District of Michigan

Erika Giroux is a litigation principal at Miller Canfield. She represents a broad range of individual, corporate and governmental clients at both the trial and appellate levels in state and federal court and administrative proceedings.

Erika has experience litigating election law and municipal rate disputes, Title IX athletics claims, criminal charges, and complex contractual, insurance, trade secrets, and racketeering litigation, as well as advising clients regarding state procurement challenges, issues involving ballot initiative and nominating petitions, and auto supply and stop-ship disputes.

Erika is an integral part of Miller Canfield's Title IX athletics team, taking a lead role in developing and implementing strategies related to discovery and merits issues. She is experienced representing clients in Title IX litigation including performing research, developing and drafting arguments, and taking depositions. 

Representative Matters

  • Worked with a team of Miller Canfield attorneys and the ACLU of Michigan on Hamama v. Adducci litigation, a major class action to protect some 1,400 Iraqi nationals living in the U.S. from deportation without due process in immigration courts.
  • Represented a political party in connection with pre- and post-election litigation.
  • Successfully defended a municipality in a class action lawsuit alleging that the township had misused millage funds collected for police operations by allegedly spending millage proceeds on police retiree health care benefits.
  • Successfully defended a municipality against purported class action claims seeking more than $150 million in drainage charge refunds by obtaining a ruling that the city's drainage charge is a valid user fee and not an unlawful tax under the Headlee Amendment.
  • Prosecuted a high-stakes, multimillion dollar trade secrets lawsuit for an engineering and manufacturing company and obtained a favorable settlement.

Honors

Michigan Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyers, Class of 2024

Super Lawyers: Business Litigation Rising Star, 2024

Detroit Bar Association Barristers Section, 2023 Pro Bono Award

State Bar of Michigan Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2020-present

University of Michigan Law School, cum laude

Michigan Law Review: Associate Editor, Vol. 114; Articles Editor, Vol. 115

Wayne State University, summa cum laude, with University Honors

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