After receiving her Bachelors of Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990, she graduated from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California in 1994. After law school Ms. Mayo served as an associate attorney in the Sacramento area focusing her practice on complex product liability, premises liability, construction defect, employment, environmental, toxic torts, professional liability, and personal injury. During her time as an associate attorney, Brigitte successfully litigated a wrongful death action against PG&E, and independently handled a federal court, multi-million dollar, product liability.