Current Role
  •   Partner, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Recent Cases
  • In re Zetia (Ezetimibe) Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2836 (E.D. Va.).
  • In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1871 (E.D. Pa.).
  • In re Ranbaxy Generic Drug Application Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2878 (D. Mass.).
  • Government Employees Health Association v. Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., et al., Case No. 18-cv-3560 (D. Md.) (Tracleer)
Recent Success
  • In In re Amitiza Antitrust Litigation, 21-cv-11057, D. Mass., (Joun, J.) Ms. Burns served as a member of the trial team that secured a $474.89 million antitrust jury verdict (automatically trebled to $1.4 billion) for the direct purchaser class, against Takeda Pharmaceuticals for unlawfully extending its monopoly on Amitiza by blocking lower-cost generic competitors from entering the market. This is the first plaintiffs’ verdict in a “reverse payment” or “pay-for-delay” case.
Experience
  • Prior to joining Hagens Berman, Ms. Burns founded ECB Law LLC, and previously worked as an associate attorney at NastLaw LLC and RodaNast P.C.
  • She currently serves as part of the team in In re Zetia Antitrust Litigation, In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, and the Tracleer case. She was heavily involved in defending the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation as to the relevant market in In re Zetia Antitrust Litigation, which the District Court upheld in all respects on February 24, 2022. 
  • Erin was a member of the Law & Briefing Committee for In re Zoloft (Serataline Hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2342 (E.D. Pa.) and also served as a member of the deposition team for Shane Group, Inc., et al. v. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan, Case No. 2:10-cv-14360-DPH-MKM (E.D. Mich.). She was also mediation counsel for In re Skelaxin (Metaxalone) Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2343 (E.D. Tenn.).
Recognition
  • Member of the In re Amitiza Antitrust Litigation trial team honored with the Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice award, American Antitrust Institute, Antitrust Enforcement Awards, 2026
  • Lancaster Bar Association President’s Award for organizing the Young Lawyers’ Division’s annual community service day through Habitat for Humanity, 2005
Personal Insight

When not practicing law, Erin spends as much time as possible with her husband and four children. She has spent nearly as much time patching up scraped knees and elbows as she has writing briefs. Erin also has a soft spot for orange cats.