Judge Ericksen was appointed to the federal bench for the District of Minnesota in 2002. She was an Associate Justice with the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1998-2002, and a Judge for the Hennepin County District Court (Minneapolis) from 1994-1998. Prior to her service on the Bench, Judge Ericksen was an assistant U.S. Attorney for ten years, including chief white collar crime prosecutor, and a shareholder at the Minneapolis law firm of Leonard Street and Deinard. She is currently in Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and a member of the Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence.