Courtney grew up in Colgate, WI and was valedictorian of Germantown HighSchool. During law school, Courtney interned for Keith Stroup at NORML in Washington, D.C. She is currently licensed to practice law in Oregon, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. After moving to Oregon in 2011, she practiced criminal defense with a focus on medical marijuana patient defense. In December 2013, Courtney graduated magna cum laude from Lewis and Clark Law School with a Master of Laws in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, with an emphasis in Industrial Hemp Law. She also completed the world’s first industrial hemp university course, offered at Oregon State University in the spring of 2013. Courtney developed, organized, and presented an educational industrial hemp conference during the 5th Annual Hemp History Week.