She is a past president of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the state’s largest organization of criminal defense lawyers, as well as a past president of Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. She also chairs the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Strike Force, representing attorneys facing sanctions resulting from their zealous representation of their clients. She is also an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is Wisconsin's only attorney appointed to the Amicus Committee of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD).