Erinma (Eri) Man

Eri draws on her interdisciplinary background to develop innovative solutions to clients’ complex legal issues. In her practice, she represents clients in complex commercial litigation and other dispute resolutions. She has litigated cases spanning a range of areas, including securities, post-acquisition disputes, trade secrets, trademark, copyright and regulatory matters.

Eri also maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes direct legal services such as representation of asylum-seekers and impact litigation involving voting rights.

Before joining Cooley, Eri clerked for Judge Barrington D. Parker of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She began her legal career as an associate at a US-based law firm. Eri graduated from Yale Law School, where she was a student director of the Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, a teaching fellow for civil procedure, and a legal intern at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Before attending law school, Eri studied health policy at the Yale School of Public Health, where she wrote her master’s thesis on social policy solutions to Nigeria’s maternal mortality crisis. She graduated with a BA from Yale College in 2014.