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Katherine Erickson ( She/Her )

Deputy County Counsel

Overview

Katherine Erickson joined the Office of the County Counsel in 2023. Katherine works on the Human Services Team, which advises the Social Services Agency and the Office of Supportive Housing on program development, evaluation, and service delivery relating to public benefits, adult and aging services, child welfare services, and supportive housing. Katherine is also a member of the Public Safety and Justice team, advising on ADA compliance in the jails. Katherine’s professional expertise includes public benefits law, landlord-tenant law, and elder law. 

Office practice areas
  • ​​Human Services Team
  • Public Safety and Justice Team
Education
  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2015  
    • Review of Law & Social Change 
  • Scripps College, B.A., 2010 
Prior experience
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Margaret I. Strickland, Federal Judiciary (2020-2023) 
  • Staff Attorney at New York Legal Assistance Group (2016-2020) 
  • Masiyiwa-Bernstein Fellow at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (2015-2016) 

Spoken Language

English, French, Spanish, Italian