Erin Beaton is an associate in Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group.
Erin received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Boston University School of Law where she served as the online editor for the Boston University Law Review. Erin was a Paul J. Liacos Scholar, and she received the Fricklas and Astion Prize in Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Erin complemented her legal education with an externship at a Fortune 100 company where she gained experience managing and enforcing standard-essential patent portfolios globally. Erin completed her B.S. in mechanical engineering and B.S. in applied mathematics at North Carolina State University.