Education

University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois
Juris Doctor, May 1995, cum laude
Honors: Honors in Legal Writing and in Moot Court, Dean's List, AmJur Award for Excellence in Civil Procedure, Rickert Award for Service to the Law School

Stanford University, Stanford, California
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, June 1988

Work Experience

Strindberg & Scholnick, LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Member, January 2002 - present

Cohne, Rappaport & Segal
Salt Lake City, Utah
Associate Attorney, April 1999 - January 2002

Utah Legal Services, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Director of Development/Staff Attorney, November 1996 - May 1999

Utah Court of Appeals, Judge Gregory K. Orme
Salt Lake City, Utah
Judicial Clerk, August 1995 - June 1996

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger
Washington, D.C.
Summer Associate, May - August 1994

United States District Court, Judge Marvin Aspen
Chicago, Illinois
Judicial Extern, May - August 1993

Jim Bradley for Governor Campaign
Salt Lake City, Utah
Campaign Manager, June 1996 - November 1996

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Springfield, Illinois
Organizer, August - November 1992 and June - August 1995.

Legislative Director, February 1991 - August 1992

Illinois State Senate
Springfield and Chicago, Illinois
Legislative Analyst, November 1988 - February 1991

David Orr for Cook County Clerk Campaign
Chicago, Illinois
Campaign Manager, August - November 1990

Articles and Presentations

Harassment Training for Various Employers including Park City, Utah Legal Services and Peterbuilt (2007 - present); View from the Employee’s Side: What Makes a Good Plaintiff’s Lawsuit – New Lawyer’s CLE (August 20007); Successful Approaches To Recovering Punitive Damages – National Employment Lawyers Assoc. Annual Convention (June 2007); Focus Groups and Mock Trials – National Employment Lawyers Assoc. Annual Convention (June 2006); You Too Can Do a Mock Trial – Employment Law Section (April 2006); Creative Pro Bono Panel, Women Lawyers of Utah Annual Retreat (October 2005); HR Rx: The (Juris) Doctor is in – Ten Things to Know about Employment Law – National Association of Bar Executives; ; February 2005 – Writing for UALD Investigators (Spring 2005); Prince Yeates v. Young Panel Discussion – Employment Law Section Annual Meeting; January 2004 – Employee Claims in Utah (May 2004); Employment Case Law Update – Employment Law Section Annual Meeting (May 2003).

Memberships

Utah State Bar, admitted May 1997

Idaho State Bar, admitted September 2006

Illinois State Bar, admitted November 1995

Member of: Utah Legal Services’ Board of Trustees; Utah Association for Justice Executive Committee; Women Lawyers of Utah; Guadalupe Street Law Project; A. Sherman Christensen Inn of Court.