Erin Marie Choi

Associate Dallas

Biography

Erin Choi
Erin Marie Choi is a senior associate in Weil’s Litigation Department, where she has substantial experience in a broad range of complex commercial litigation disputes, including at the trial and appellate levels.

Ms. Choi has handled all aspects of complex litigation proceedings, including fact and expert discovery, depositions, motion practice, hearings, trials, and appeals. Some of her recent notable experience includes serving on teams representing*:

  • EP Energy Corporation, and its affiliated debtors, a public oil and natural gas exploration and production company, in their chapter 11 cases involving approximately $4.9 billion in funded debt obligations, including in successful trials over contested backstop/plan support agreements (November 2019) and contested plan confirmation (February/March 2020). (S.D. Tex.)
  • Kingfisher Midstream, LLC and its subsidiaries, a midstream oil and gas services business with substantial gas processing, crude oil gathering and storage, and produced water gathering and disposal assets, in their chapter 11 cases, including successful trial in contested sale hearing (January 2020). (S.D. Tex.)
  • Sears Holdings, a prominent global retailer, in various trials surrounding its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, including defeating Section 507(b) surcharge claims of between $500 million and more than $1 billion asserted by lienholders (July 2019), and successful confirmation of the Debtors’ contested Chapter 11 plan (October 2019). (S.D.N.Y.)
  • A publicly traded, vertically integrated retailer in a trade secret misappropriation case in California.
  • A market-leading 3D company in a successful patent infringement trial against the company's global competitor in the International Trade Commission.
  • An integrated circuit manufacturer and its customers in a patent infringement trial in the Eastern District of Texas.
  • A major U.S. location services company in obtaining a ruling invalidating all patent claims and allowing inequitable conduct counterclaims against the patent owner in the Eastern District of Virginia. 
  • A leading U.S. retailer in obtaining a TRO and preliminary injunction against a former employee in Texas State Court.

Prior to joining Weil, Ms. Choi was a litigation associate at an international law firm. Ms. Choi has been selected as a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers** from 2017-2020, and she was honored in the inaugural 2021 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch*** for commercial litigation.

Ms. Choi received her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, where she served as Articles Editor of the Wake Forest Business & Intellectual Property Law Journal and as the Associate Chief Justice of the Wake Forest Moot Court Board. During law school, Ms. Choi served as a Summer Law Clerk to the Honorable Reed O’Connor, United States District Court, Northern District of Texas. She received her B.S. from Wake Forest University.

 

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Weil.
**Super Lawyers recognition is a Thomson Reuters service.
*** Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements

Awards and Recognition

  • Erin Choi Named One to Watch for Commercial Litigation Award Brief — The Best Lawyers in America 2021 (Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners)
  • Erin Choi Named a Texas Rising Star Award Brief — Texas Super Lawyers 2017-2020 (Super Lawyers recognition is a Thomson Reuters service)

Speaking Engagements

  • Commercial Litigation During a Pandemic: Best Practices for Remote Hearings and Corporate Representative Testimony and Depositions Speaker(s): Paul R. Genender and Erin Marie Choi

    October 29, 2020 — Association of Corporate Counsel – Weil Complex Commercial Litigation partner Paul Genender and Associate Erin Choi presented a virtual CLE to the Associate of Corporate Counsel entitled “Commercial Litigation During a Pandemic: Best Practices for Remote Hearings and Corporate Representative Testimony and Depositions.”

  • ABA Section of Litigation’s Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar Speaker(s): Arvin Maskin, David R. Singh, Bambo Obaro and Erin Marie Choi

    February 13-15, 2020 — Carlsbad, CA — Partner Arvin Maskin served as the 2020 Committee Co-Chair for the ABA Section of Litigation’s Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar. During the three-day seminar, which took place in Carlsbad, CA, several Weil attorneys participated in panels. Partner David Singh moderated a panel titled “Efficient Case Management: Partnering with Opposing Counsel and the Judiciary to Minimize Court Burdens and Litigation Costs.” Partner Bambo Obaro moderated a panel titled "Playing Nice in the Sandbox: An Interactive Discussion of How to Navigate Common Conflict Points in Outside and In-House Counsel Business Arrangements.” Dallas associate Erin Choi moderated a panel titled “Litigation Jeopardy!” Weil partner Paul Genender also attended.