Steven W. Erickson is a nationally recognized expert in municipal, hospital, health care and Native American Finance. In a successful and distinguished career he has raised in excess of $9 billion in capital financing for taxable and tax‐exempt projects across the country.
He holds a Juris Doctor Degree from Boalt Hall Law School, University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with High Distinction from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He is a member of Order of the Coif, Beta Gamma Sigma, and the California Bar Association.
He practiced Securities Law with the San Diego Law Firm of Gray, Cary, Ames and Frye Prior to beginning his career in investment banking. He joined the Investment Banking Firm of Miller and Schroeder Financial, Inc. in November 1971.
Mr. Erickson served as the managing director of Miller & Schroeder’s Native American Finance group, which was formed in 1991. He continued as managing director of the Native American Finance Group of the Marshall Group, the successor in interest to Miller & Schroeder, until March 2009. Serving in that capacity he was involved with seventy‐eight Tribal governments in fourteen states during his tenure at Miller & Schroeder and the Marshall Group.
Mr. Erickson was responsible for raising in excess of $4.5 Billion in capital for Tribal projects as a direct lender through Miller & Schroeder or Marshall Group or as a financial advisor to the Tribal entity. He has worked with every major lender in Indian Country and has intimate familiarity with bank credit facilities, equipment leases, taxable and tax‐exempt bond issues and BIA guaranteed loans. Steven W. Erickson & Associates. LLC was formed in 2009 and continues to provide financial consulting services to Native American clients across the Country.