Before joining Harkins Cunningham LLP in 1999, Ms. Waddell served as counsel at two national trade organizations and was an associate at major law firms in Washington (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton) and Philadelphia (Schnader Harrison). Ms. Waddell is a former member of the Board of Trustees of Aidan Montessori School and has been active for many years in various youth ministry and community service programs. She is a graduate of Kalamazoo College (B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1981) and Michigan Law School (J.D. 1984). Her daughter graduated from Visitation in 2013.