Erika Smolyar
Associate
Erika Smolyar is an associate at Ackermann & Tilajef, a plaintiff-side labor and employment firm that represents workers across California, Washington, and Nevada. She focuses on workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation matters and serves as the firm's lead attorney for Nevada cases.
Erika served on the trial team in Hender v. Nike (U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, July 2026), in which a federal jury found Nike discriminated against a former engineer in pay and promotions because of her gender, recording punitive damages of $7.5 million under federal law and $7.5 million under Oregon state law. The verdict remains subject to post-trial proceedings.
Erika is admitted to practice law in Nevada (State Bar No. 16450) and California (State Bar No. 344138).
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