Erin Kenny is a founding Partner at Starns, Kenny & Easterling, LLC, where she maintains a niche regulatory practice, providing legal counsel to clients in alcoholic beverage licensing, compliance and enforcement issues. Erin specializes in representing national and local retailers, including restaurants, hotels, entertainment venues, grocery, and convenience stores. Her clients enjoy the benefits of her expertise in navigating state and local regulatory processes to obtain the licensing and approvals required to operate their retail businesses. Once established, these businesses can rely on Erin to provide sound advice for compliant operations and zealous representation in enforcement actions by regulatory agencies. 

Erin is an active member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and numerous industry organizations, including the National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals; and the Alliance of Alcohol Industry Attorneys and Consultants, an invitation-only organization of professionals from each state who specialize in alcoholic beverage law. 

Prior to forming Starns, Kenny & Easterling, LLC, Erin was a partner at regional law firm and practiced in various areas of litigation, including insurance defense and coverage litigation and commercial litigation, as well as alcoholic beverage licensing, compliance and enforcement issues.

Erin has been named by her peers among the Louisiana Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” and among the Best Lawyers in America.  In 2019, she was honored by the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division as an “on the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers.”  Erin graduated cum laude from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where she was a member of the Chancellor’s List and a CALI award recipient.  She also served as an issue editor and junior associate of the Louisiana Law Review.  Erin graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Mass Communication and a minor in Political Science from Louisiana State University. She was honored as a University Medalist for completing her undergraduate studies with a 4.0 GPA.

When she is not practicing law, Erin is happily busy raising two young sons with her husband, Eric.