Donna Erickson ::

Adjunct Consultant

Donna is an adjunct recruiting consultant for Schmidt Marketing, Inc. She conducts comprehensive personnel searches on behalf of law firm clients to recruit marketing candidates of all experience levels for placement in law firm marketing departments around the country.

With inside knowledge of law firm management and culture, and more than 20 years of legal marketing and business development experience, Donna understands the importance of hiring strategically to attract and retain professionals who not only strengthen in-house legal marketing teams, but ultimately support a firm’s broader business development goals. She works closely with clients to evaluate staffing needs and secure qualified individuals who meet or exceed client criteria.

Donna is a founding member of the Legal Marketing Association's (LMA) Minnesota Chapter, for which she served as president in 1999. She is a frequent speaker on the latest trends in legal marketing for law firm, CLE, bar association and law school audiences.

Legal Industry Experience

Among her career accomplishments, Donna served as Director of Marketing at Messerli & Kramer, P.A. from 1989 to 1994, and later spent 10 years as Director of Business Development and Marketing at Briggs and Morgan, P.A., one of Minnesota's largest law firms. She has provided consulting services to law firms throughout the U.S. since 2005.