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ErinTyreman

Partner

"I have a passion for the law driven by a deep sense of inner justice."

Overview

Biography

Erin represents clients in a wide range of civil litigation matters from inception through trial in state and federal courts in New York. Her practice focuses on insurance defense, including personal injury, automobile, construction, labor law, municipal liability, dram shop, product liability, property damage, and subrogation matters. Erin also has extensive experience in all facets of real property litigation, including riparian rights, adverse possession, boundary disputes, premises liability, title disputes, and easement disputes.

In addition to her practice, Erin is a member of the Opportunity, Inclusion & Belonging Partner Committee and serves as the partner for these initiatives in the firm's Syracuse office.

Bar Associations

  • Onondaga County Bar Association, Part 137 Arbitrator
  • New York State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, Tort Litigation Section, and Real Property Section Member

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

  • Barclay Damon's Women's Forum
Experience

Prior Experience

  • Goldberg Segalla, Partner
  • Goldberg Segalla, Special Counsel
  • Melvin & Melvin, PLLC, Partner
  • Melvin & Melvin, Associate
  • Pillinger Miller Tarallo, LLP, Associate
  • Hiscock Legal Aid Society, Family Law Attorney and Civil Law Attorney
  • Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Law Clerk
  • University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Student Attorney
  • DC Counsel, Law Clerk
  • Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office, Law Clerk

Selected Community Activities

  • Charles Hurd, Jr. Memorial Inc., President
  • Syracuse Pops Chorus, Board Member
  • Syracuse University Law School, Arbitration Judge
  • Onondaga County, Mock Trial Judge

Selected Honors

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America: Insurance Law, 2025–2026; Litigation – Labor & Employment, 2026
  • Selected to Super Lawyers Upstate New York Rising Stars: Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, 2022
  • Jack and Lovell Olender Foundation, Earl H. Davis Advocacy Award, 2011

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