Licensed since 1994, she has litigated extensively in the areas of criminal law, juvenile law, and family law. Her practice has included all of the counties in the western Pennsylvania region. She is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association's Family Law and Solo and Small Firm sections, as well as the Women in the Law division and Homer S. Brown division. In 2016, she became a Fellow in the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Arts in English, with extensive minor coursework in History and Art History. At the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, she was active in moot court competitions, representing Pitt law at various competitions, both locally and nationally.