About Erin McCoy
Erin McCoy Alarcon builds a career on the intersection of regulation and dispute decision. She earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Mount Holyoke College in 1998 and graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 2001. Those academic foundations inform a practical approach to complex family and civil matters.
Her legal career began within the Massachusetts Superior Court, where she served as a judicial regulation clerk in 2001. That year in court provided early publicity to litigation, evidentiary practice and judicial decision-making. She moved into personal practice the subsequent yr as an associate at Donovan Hatem. The tempo was brisk; she sharpened litigation abilities and courtroom experience at some point of those youth.
Alarcon spent subsequent years in several law workplace settings. In 2003 she labored at the Law Offices of John Schulte and in 2005 joined Melick & Porter as an attorney. Those positions further transactional and client counseling dimensions to her skill set. She also joined network and nonprofit boards, serving at the Episcopal City Mission board beginning in 2008, which introduced another point of view on network needs and organizational governance.
In 2016 she opened Erin Alarcon Mediation and indexed herself as owner and lawyer-mediator. That step marked a shift from primarily adversarial practice towards facilitated decision. She also took on a public position on the Stoneham Disability Commission the identical yr. Her expert activities reflect a balance among court work, facilitated negotiation and civic service.
Alarcon is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and holds certification as a New Hampshire Certified Family Mediator from the NH Family Mediator Certification Board. She keeps memberships in numerous professional groups, including the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the New England Conflict Resolution Association and the Woburn Business Association. Those affiliations keep her related to peers across the legal and mediation communities.
Clients and colleagues describe her style as straightforward and methodical. She draws on legal training and quantitative background when breaking down disputes into manageable problems. In mediation sessions she emphasizes clear verbal exchange and practical options instead of protracted legal proceedings.
She remains lively in facilitated negotiation practice through Erin Alarcon Mediation, where she works on family-associated matters and civil disputes using mediated resolution strategies. Her recent practice facilities on resolving disputes through facilitated negotiation and related alternative dispute decision processes.
