About M. Erica
M. Erica Aquadro began her path toward law in the liberal arts classrooms of Rhodes College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English in 2008. She went on to Saint Louis University School of Law, completing her juris doctor in 2012. Those formative years combined study, practical training and early exposure to client work, and they set the stage for a multi-jurisdictional practice that would follow.
Her early legal work was hands-on. In 2007 she worked as a runner and file clerk and the next year served as a case manager, roles that gave her a sense of how offices run and how cases move through the system. While in law school she took on a variety of clinic and internship roles. She was a law clerk and a Westlaw student representative, served as a student mediator in a law school mediation clinic, and spent time with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and the Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry. These experiences placed her in courtrooms, clinics and community settings where she moved from observer to advocate.
After law school she entered private practice. In 2012 she joined Lawrence & Russell, PLC as an associate lawyer. She later worked at Stahancyk, Kent & Hook, PC beginning in 2014. By 2016 she was practicing with Elizabeth Christy Law Office PLLC as an associate. Alongside firm work she has taken on leadership roles in bar organizations. She was president of the Clark County Bar Association Family Law Section for 2018–2019 and earlier served as a coordinator on the association’s family law board from 2015 to 2016.
Aquadro is admitted to practice in Washington, Missouri and Oregon. Her professional memberships reflect those jurisdictions. She maintains memberships in the Domestic Relations Lawyers of Washington and Washington Women Lawyers’ St. Helens chapter. She is active in Oregon groups as well, including the Multnomah Bar Association, Oregon Women Lawyers (Portland chapter) and the Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners. These memberships have been part of her professional life since the mid-2010s.
Colleagues describe her trajectory as steady and practice-oriented. Over time she has accumulated courtroom exposure, mediation experience and clinic work that feed into her daily practice. Her career shows a mix of public interest internships and private firm positions. That mix informs how she handles cases and client intake.
She currently practices at Elizabeth Christy Law Office PLLC. Her work in recent years has concentrated on family law matters and related civil proceedings.
