Erin Gettel is an associate in the firm’s commercial litigation practice group. Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, she was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Nevada where she represented clients from their initial appearance through sentencing and, in some cases, direct appeal. Erin also served as a Term Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
University of Nevada, William S. Boyd School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
Michigan State University (B.A., Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy)
United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Criminal Justice Act Panel
Howard D. McKibben Inn of Court Executive Committee
Boyd Law School Alumni Board (2015-2019)
State Bar of Nevada Trial Academy, Co-Director (2017-2020)
Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Public Interest and Young Lawyers State Bar Sections
The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2024)
Snell & Wilmer Pro Bono Award (2023)
Top Rank Attorney, Nevada Business Magazine (2023)
Best Up and Coming (2023)
Junior League of Las Vegas
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center Board of Director (2023-Present)
District of Nevada Federal Public Defender, Assistant Federal Public Defender (2017-2021)
United States District Court, District of Nevada, Term Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey (2015-2017)
United States District Court, District of Nevada, Extern to the Honorable Richard F. Boulware II (2015)
United States District Court, District of Nevada, Extern to the Honorable James C. Mahan (2014)