Erin Michelle Brosious

Erin Brosious [email protected] Erin Brosious is a founder and partner at Kallins, Little, and Brosious, a boutique lawfirm in Manatee county. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida where she majored in English. Immediately after graduating with her Bachelor of Arts degree, she obtained an accelerated Masters degree in Secondary English Education from University of Florida in less than a year. She began her career teaching English at a Title I School, helping underprivileged kids, and ended her teaching career in Sarasota county where she worked for eleven years teaching English in all grade levels, from drop-out prevention to college credit courses. While teaching, Erin desired to develop her leadership skills, obtaining a second masters degree in 2010 in Educational Leadership from the University of South Florida. To expand her professional career and broaden her impact in her community, she earned her Juris Doctorate at Barry University School of Law, where she received the Advanced Legal Writing Book Award and was Secretary of Delta Theta Phi Law fraternity. Upon returning to Sarasota/Manatee County, her passion for public service was demonstrated not only by her devotion to adolescent literacy, but also in her capacity as an assistant public defender at the Public Defenders office of both Manatee and Sarasota counties. Erin helped thousands of clients while working at the public defenders office, working with clients who could not afford representation, and many of whom suffered from mental illnesses, homelessness, PTSD, and drug and alcohol dependencies. The public defenders office allowed for her to develop skills litigating and afforded her immediate court room experience.