In her practice, among other things, she assists patients and providers in many jurisdictions in obtaining coverage for necessary medical and mental health treatments. Her previous legal experience includes commercial insurance coverage litigation and products liability litigation. She also has participated in litigation concerning vaccine issues. She has long been an advocate for vaccine safety as well as for the autism community. She graduated from Carleton College (Northfield, MN) with a BA in Political Science and received her JD from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH).