Erin Elizabeth Stark is the founding member of The Stark Firm and manages its Atlanta office, anchoring its coast-to-coast presence. She has more than two decades’ experience representing national and regional banks in a broad range of commercial and consumer lending transactions.
She focuses her legal practice in commercial finance, real estate, equipment finance, commercial litigation, asset-based lending, specialty lending, equipment finance, commercial lending, custom lending, real estate secured transactions, commercial card, SBA lending, SBA creditor’s rights, creditor’s rights, contested matters in bankruptcy, regulatory-related matters, workouts, and complex restructuring matters, including settlements, foreclosures, and note sales.
Erin has been a frequent lecturer on commercial real estate, asset-based lending, consumer and commercial lending transactions, SBA, and SOP interpretation, nationally. She has been a speaker at various conferences and seminars on commercial workouts, bankruptcy, loan restructuring, SBA, commercial real estate, Article 9 transactions, commercial litigation, and other matters.
She is an active member of the Women’s President Organization (WPO) Platinum Chapter, the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, the Mortgage Bankers Association State Legislative and Regulatory Committee, Alabama and Georgia Mortgage Bankers Association Legislative and Regulatory Committee, the American Bar Association, State Bar of Alabama, State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Association of Women Lawyers, and the Alabama, Georgia, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas Chapters of the International Women in Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She is admitted to practice in all state courts throughout the States of Alabama and Georgia, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and Georgia.
Erin is a member of the Southern Methodist University Parent Leadership Council, the WPO Platinum X Chapter, and Chair of the National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms’ Banking and Finance Committee. In her pro bono work, she mentors young female lawyers and is an active supporter of Daughters Against Alzheimer’s, the Alzheimer’s Association and the representation of families affected by autism, victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. She is Co-Chair of the 2024 Season of Hope Gala to benefit the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Erin attended Southern Methodist University (BA), Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (JD), and Harvard Business School Executive Education Women’s President Organization (WPO): Leading Business and Personal Transitions.
