Scott R. Erickson

Shareholder

P 612.335.1468 F 612.335.1657

Scott Erickson has extensive experience providing general counsel representation to family and closely held businesses, including businesses in the sports and entertainment industry.

This experience includes:

Corporate and business planning.
Business acquisitions and sales.
Shareholder and owner planning.
Sponsorship and endorsement contracts, merchandising and brand identification.
Tax, estate and successorship planning.

Scott is chair of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Sports and Entertainment Business practice group and a member of the Sports Lawyers Association. He is past chair of the Hennepin County Bar Association Business Banking and Franchise Section and a member of the Business, Probate, and Trust Law Sections of the Minnesota State Bar Association. He is also a member of the Sports, Business and Estate Planning Sections of the American Bar Association.

Professional and Civic Activities

Member, Steering Committee, Minnesotans for Major League Baseball (sponsored by the Minnesota Twins)
Member of Twin Cities Dunkers, a business and community group that recognizes sporting achievement

Extensive experience providing general counsel representation to family and closely held businesses and their owners, such as Taylor Corporation, Värde Partners, Inc., System Design Advantage LLC, ABCom, LLC, King Solutions, Inc., BI Consulting Group, LLC, Nationwide Remediation
Group and Construction Services, LLC, and SafeWay Hydraulics, Inc.
Extensive experience providing general counsel representation to sports and entertainment businesses, such as Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Vikings, United States Hockey League and GreenMark Enterprises, L.L.C.
Experience with all four professional sports: basketball (NBA), hockey (NHL), baseball (MLB) and football (NFL).
Experience with amateur sports: soccer, swimming and hockey.