Bousquet Holstein is pleased to announce that Erika H. Hooker has joined the firm as an attorney in the Trusts and Estates and Agriculture Practice Groups.
Erika’s background growing up and working in the Central New York agriculture community has provided her with the experience to address a diversity of legal matters associated with family farms. These include the complicated nature of transitioning or expanding farm businesses and succession planning for family farm ownership. As a Trusts and Estates attorney Erika cares deeply about understanding her client’s individual background and needs, and she has the experience to work with clients on complicated issues that come with aging, disability planning, long-term care, end of life decisions, and preparing the appropriate legal documents.
Erika is a 2019 magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University College of Law. As a law student she represented clients in the Elder and Health Law Clinic for elder financial abuse cases. She also served as a research assistant to Professor David Driesen, working mainly in the area of Constitutional Law. Erika earned a Bachelor of Science in Communications and International Agriculture and Rural Development from Cornell University.
Erika gained experience interning with the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County, Inc., where she represented tenants in Landlord Tenant Court, assisted with trust and estate questions in the Surrogate’s Court legal clinic, and worked on asylum cases. She also interned with a law firm in Syracuse working in the areas of corporate law and estate planning with family farms across New York State. Prior to law school, Erika served as an Agriculture Extension Agent with the Peace Corps in Senegal for two years.