ABOUT OUR FOUNDER

​Erin Stark-Medina is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stark, a national business and transactional law firm. With more than 25 years of experience, Erin advises private credit and private equity sponsors, financial institutions, lenders, investors, and operating companies on sophisticated commercial transactions and strategic legal matters across the United States.​

Erin’s practice is centered on private credit and lending transactions, including asset-based lending, structured credit, syndicated and bilateral lending, and real estate finance. She regularly represents lenders, borrowers, sponsors, and investors in the origination, structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing of complex financing transactions, and continues to support clients throughout the life of the deal.​

In addition, Erin has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and corporate finance, advising buyers and sellers on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and restructurings across a wide range of industries. She also counsels clients on receiverships,  creditors’ rights matters, including workouts, enforcement, and distressed asset strategies.

​Erin handles commercial and real estate closings nationwide and serves as a title agent for American Eagle Title, supporting both commercial and residential real estate transactions. Her real estate practice includes acquisition, disposition, and financing matters, with a strong focus on real estate-backed credit facilities and investment transactions.​

Beyond individual transactions, Erin serves as outside general counsel to businesses and investment platforms, providing practical, business-oriented legal advice on day-to-day operations, growth initiatives, risk management, and strategic planning. Her fractional general counsel model allows clients to access senior-level legal guidance in a flexible, cost-effective manner.​

Erin is deeply engaged in the legal and business communities. She serves on the SMU Parent Leadership Council, SMU Alumni Board, and the SMU Dedman College Executive Board. She is a Platinum X Chapter member of the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) and Chair of NAMWOLF’s Banking and Finance Committee. She also served as Chair of the 2024 Season of Hope Gala benefiting the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

​A Texas native, Erin earned her degree from Southern Methodist University and completed executive education at Harvard Business School. Her leadership continues to shape Stark as a firm known for clarity, responsiveness, and results-driven legal solutions.

She is admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Georgia and Alabama.