She has served as counsel for electric utilities for over 28 years. She is past President of the North Carolina Electric Membership Cooperative Counsel Association. She is a former member of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers ("NCATL"), a member of the NCATL Editorial Board, and past editor of NRECA’s Legal Reporting Service. She is a certified arbitrator and mediator in the state of North Carolina.