Overview

Erica Drew helps innovators and manufacturers manage risk to protect their products and reputations. She advises national and international product manufacturers on strategies to minimize litigation exposure, navigate regulatory obligations, and maintain compliance across the product life cycle. This includes representing clients through all stages of product liability and mass tort litigation.

Erica has extensive experience defending medical device and product manufacturers in courts throughout the country, including in multidistrict litigation matters. Her practice spans all phases of dispute resolution — from pre-suit risk assessment and discovery management to trial preparation and resolution. She advises clients on settlement matters ranging from recalls and pre-litigation claims to inventory resolution and mass tort settlement design. Before joining Faegre Drinker, Erica was an associate at another Indianapolis-based law firm, where she counseled clients in commercial litigation, toxic tort defense, product liability litigation and contract disputes. She also coordinated large-scale electronic discovery and conducted and defended depositions in product liability and asbestos tort litigation.

A member of the firm’s product liability group nationally ranked by Chambers USA, Erica’s experience includes defending automakers and manufacturers and sellers of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products and plastics products.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

Indiana

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Languages

Spanish

Education

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
J.D. magna cum laude, Indiana Law Review (editor-in-chief) (2012)

Indiana University
B.A. in Spanish and Criminal Justice, magna cum laude (2009)

Insights & Events

Other Perspectives
  • Survey: VIII. Evidence: Recent Developments in Indiana Evidence Law
    Author, 47 Ind. L. Rev. 1065, 2014

Firm Blog Contributions

  • Faegre Drinker on Products – a blog addressing all things product liability that covers legal issues and developments of interest to product manufacturers and their employers

Leadership & Community

Professional Associations

  • Indiana State Bar Association
  • Indianapolis Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Civic Activities

  • Dress for Success Indianapolis — Volunteer Stylist, 2024-present
  • Reach for Youth Teen Court — Volunteer Judge, 2012-20

Honors

  • Best Lawyers® — "Ones to Watch," Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, 2022-25
  • Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2020, 2022
  • Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2018 
  • NITA Trial Skills Institute — Graduate, 2016
  • Indiana State Bar Association — Leadership Development Academy, Class III, 2014
  • Indiana University McKinney School of Law — Resident Excellence Scholarship