Erica Leavitt
Attorney At Law
ERICA L. LEAVITT is a Family Law Attorney with Schmillen Law who has extensive experience at both the Trial and Appellate court levels.Erica graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with a degree in Political Science. She then attended the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where she graduated cum laude with pro bono distinction. After graduating law school, Erica clerked for the Honorable Judge Andrew Gould at the Arizona Court of Appeals.Since her clerkship, Erica has focused her practice in the area of Family Law, including dissolutions, custody, child support, severances and adoptions.
In addition to extensive trial court experience, she has also worked on numerous appeals in the Court of Appeals Division One and Two, the Arizona Supreme Court, and has helped draft a Petition for Review to the United States Supreme Court. She has also argued many cases at the Court of Appeals, Division One.
Publications:
Arizona State Law Journal
Arizona’s Duty Framework in Negligence Cases
2021
Thomson Reuters
Contributor to Arizona Legal Forms; Family Law
2020
Speaking Engagements:
On the Record: Decoding the Family Law Appellate Process, Caselaw, and Rule Changes.
2023
CLE by the Sea: Legislative and Rule Changes.
2023
CLE by the Sea: Legislative and Rule Changes.
2022
Tucson Defense Bar: Litigating a Case with an Eye Towards Appeal.
2019
MCBA CLEThird Party, Grandparent, and Domestic Partner Family Law CLE.
2019
