Judge
Erica H.
MacDonald
Dakota County
Appointed/Elected:
Appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty on Nov. 24, 2009. Elected in 2012. Term expires Jan. 2019.
Education:
DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
Juris Doctor, graduated with top honor, June 1997
Order of the Coif, Law Review editor
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
B.A., American Studies, May 1989
Employment:
Assistant United States Attorney, District of Minnesota in Minneapolis, 2001-2009
Judicial law clerk to Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Harriet Lansing, 2000-2001
Assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago, Illinois, 2000
Associate attorney, Kirkland and Ellis law firm in Chicago, 1999
Judicial law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge James H. Alesia in Chicago, 1997-1999
Buyer and a sales manager, May Department Stores in St. Louis, Missouri, 1989-1994
Professional Memberships:
Dakota County Bar Association
Minnesota District Judges Association
Warren E. Burger Inn of Court
Professional and Community Activities:
Instructor and a presenter, numerous law enforcement and legal conferences
Parent volunteer and Member of St. Joseph’s School of West St. Paul School Board
Former volunteer coach, Mendota Heights Athletic Association
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