Ms. Lichtenfels began her legal career as staff attorney for Idaho Legal Aid Services in Boise, Idaho focusing on Medicaid, unemployment and family law. Seeking to return to Wyoming, Ms.Lichtenfels next clerked for the Hon. Alan B. Johnson of the U.S. District Court of Wyoming. Thereafter ensued a long hiatus from the practice of law, including a total of 270 weeks in the field as an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), working as Associate Director for the Wyoming Outdoor Council, serving as Chief Financial Officer (and occasional guide) for Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, teaching environmental law classes at Central Wyoming College, and taking on leadership roles for local non-profit organizations.