Erica Ashton maintains a diverse practice with a strong focus on premises liability and automobile negligence. Prior to joining the firm, Erica utilized her skills in these areas as in-house counsel with a federally recognized Indian tribe for over a decade. She has experience assisting individual, corporate, and governmental clients, and brings to the firm an appreciation for diverse and unique perspectives.

Erica earned her Juris Doctor from Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, where she served as a two-term Florida Bar Public Service Fellow in the Earth Advocacy Clinic. During law school, she was actively involved in research and writing initiatives focused on environmental, labor and employment law, and held leadership roles within the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity’s Bradwell Chapter.

Before pursuing her legal career, Erica obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Pre-Law from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and engaged graduate-level studies in Communications.

• Administrative Law and Criminal Licensing
• Admiralty and Maritime
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Automobile and Motorized Vehicles
• Commercial Litigation and Transactions
• Community Associations
• Construction
• Defamation
• Hospitality and Retail
• Insurance Coverage
• Liquor Liability
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Real Estate
• Trucking – Transportation

Education

• Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law (J.D., 2011)
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette (B.A., 2003)

• State of Florida 2012

• Florida Bar Association

Outside of work, Erica fuels her creative side with music, culinary arts, and gardening. She enjoys spending time with her family, especially outdoors – whether its strolling through gardens or along the shore, observing birds in the backyard, or playing fetch with the family dog. Erica credits her mother’s influence and support for both her love of nature and the arts, as well as guiding her path to becoming a lawyer.