McGinley, James D.

Erin M. Zielinski graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, cum laude, in 1999. She then attended St. Louis University School of Law where she received her law degree in 2002. While attending law school, Ms. Zielinski clerked for a prominent family law firm in Clayton, Missouri where her career in family law officially began.

Upon obtaining her law license, Ms. Zielinski worked as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney with the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney's Office where she prosecuted non-custodial parents in both civil and criminal cases for non-compliance with child support orders and child support laws. In her four years as a prosecutor, Ms. Zielinski was a champion at managing hundreds of cases while creating and implementing new protocols for handling each case both in and out of the court room. Ms. Zielinski was a zealous advocate for both the custodial parents and their children in obtaining the child support they deserved. Her attention to detail and preparation for each and every case earned her the 2006 St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Justice Award for Achievement in Outstanding Results.

After four years as a prosecutor, Ms. Zielinski transitioned from public service to private practice where she continued her focus in family law. While in private practice, Ms. Zielinski has established herself as an attorney who will work with each client and navigate them through the often emotionally trying family law case. Ms. Zielinski not only builds a relationship with each client, the clients know they can trust her to work tirelessly on their behalf to get them the results they want and deserve.

Now, with a twelve year career devoted solely to family law, Ms. Zielinski has gained valuable experience handling complex financial issues regularly apparent in a divorce case as well as the emotional, and often complicated, issues surrounding custodial matters. She brought this experience to the Featherston Law Firm when she joined the Firm in January, 2012. Ms. Zielinski is a tremendous asset to the Firm and has established herself with each client as a patient and compassionate listener who will work with them and walk them through the often tumultuous process of a family law case.

Ms. Zielinski co-authored “Motion Practice Before Trial”, a chapter in the Missouri Family Law Continuing Legal Education Desk Book as well as various supplements to this chapter.