Career Coaching + Talent Strategies

During the span of her career, Gina Sauer has had a unique, "360 degree" perspective on the world of law careers, having seen it from every vantage point: as a lawyer, legal employer, law school career services professional, and career coach/consultant. She has developed training curricula and presented workshops to hundreds of lawyers, recruited and on-boarded numerous associates and partners, given dozens of presentations before organizations like the American Bar Association, and coached hundreds of legal professionals to achieve their career goals. Gina's prior experience includes:

• Director of Attorney Recruiting & Development at Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly (now Fox Rothschild)
• President of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
• Assistant Dean for Career Services at William Mitchell College of Law
• Career Coach & Marketing Director at The Esquire Group 
• Chair of NALP's Alternative Careers Committee
• President of Minnesota Legal Career Professionals (MnLCP)
• Co-chair of Minnesota State Bar Ass'n Diversity Committee
• Litigation Attorney with Gray Plant Mooty (now Lathrop GPM)
• Co-author of award-winning book on job search and career satisfaction, Lessons from a Headhunter...with Heart! 

In additional to her background in legal talent management, Gina is an experienced public speaker with an undergraduate degree in Public Communication AND a classically trained, professional actor who has appeared in over 40 productions -- a unique background she now draws upon to help lawyers and other professionals advance in their career by honing their public speaking skills.

Selected Past Presentations:

• Public Speaking for Legal Professionals: Tips + Techniques from the Theater, Minnesota Legal Career Professionals, Minneapolis
• Advancing Women in the Legal Profession, NALP Annual Education Conference, Toronto
• Is Your Law Firm Bland? How to Stand Out in a Crowd, NALP “Ask the Expert” Teleconference
• The Art and Science of Networking, Minnesota Women Lawyers, Minneapolis
• How to Shine in Callback Interviews, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis 
• You're Never Stuck!, St. Thomas University Masters Program, and Minnesota Career Development Association, Minneapolis  
• Smooth Transitions for New Associates, various law firms, Denver and Minneapolis
• Emotional Intelligence: Real World Tips for Legal Professionals, Legal Employees Education Association, St. Paul 
• 300 Things You Can Do With a Law Degree, World-wide Lawyer Mastery Tele-summit 
• Changing Directions: Finding Success and Satisfaction in your Legal Career, Minnesota Women Lawyers, Minneapolis 
• Career Opportunities for Second Career Lawyers, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul 
• Workplace Issues and Job Search Strategies for Gay and Lesbian Lawyers and Law Students, National Lavender Law Conference, San Diego 
• Call-Back Interviews: Make Them Memorable, NALP, Orlando       
• Diversity and Equity in the Legal Profession, Minnesota CLE, Minneapolis 
• Alternative Career Options, NALP, Kansas City 
• The Legal Employment Market: What’s Next?, Association of Patent Law Firms, Chicago
• Best Practices in Recruitment and Retention Strategies, CLE, Minneapolis
• Associate Programs: Analyzing the Research Skills Training Component, American Association of Law Libraries, Philadelphia 
• Perspectives on Recruitment and Retention for Intellectual Property Firms, Association of Patent Law Firms, Chicago 
• The Nuts and Bolts of a Career Search, MSBA, Minneapolis 
• The Wide World of Alternative Careers, MSBA, Minneapolis       
• Bridges to Nontraditional Options, MSBA, Minneapolis 
• The Redirected Career: Alternatives to Law Practice, NALP, Palm Desert 

Theater Experience: 

• To see a list of Gina's acting credits, visit her MN Playlist page.