Sherri M. Knight has been involved with legal recruiting for over 22 years. Her career at Smith, Gambrell & Russell began over 27 years ago. During her 27 years, she has held many different administrative positions including staff, secretarial, law librarian and marketing coordinator before becoming the Director of Professional Recruiting. Ms. Knight has served on many firm committees including those dedicated to attracting the best law students and laterals, and recommending associates to become partners. She is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s legal hiring including law student recruiting, summer programs, lateral and paralegal hiring.

Ms. Knight lives in Newnan, GA with her husband and daughter.

Professional Activities

• Firm Representative, National Association for Law Placement
• Member, The Atlanta Legal Recruitment Association
• Served as a panelist for several presentations to law student at Emory Law School