Erin Rust is an Assistant Federal Defender serving in the Appellate Unit at Federal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc. She has been with Federal Defender Services since 2014 handling appeals and district court cases, as well as retroactive and post-conviction initiatives. During this time she also served as counsel of record for the team handling Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021). Erin earned her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2010, and her undergraduate degree from Maryville College in 2006.