EDUCATION: Spring Hill College (B.S., Cum Laude, Political Science and Studio Art 1996; recipient, Ralph McClain Social Science Award for professional promise); University of Alabama (J.D. 1999)
PRACTICE OF LAW: Served as Assistant District Attorney, Mobile County District Attorney's Office, 2000-2015. Assigned to lead domestic violence and sexual assault prosecutions for the DA’s Office during much of that time. Served as a member of the District Attorney's "Murder Team" for eight years, prosecuting violent and vehicular deaths and other violent crimes. Named Alabama Assistant District Attorney of the Year, 2014, by the Alabama District Attorney's Investigator's Association.
Appointed District Court Judge in 2015 by Governor Robert Bentley. Elected to that position in 2016, the first female to be elected District Court Judge in Mobile County. In 2018, appointed Circuit Judge by Governor Kay Ivey. First female to hold positions as both District and Circuit Judge in Mobile County.
MEMBER: Mobile Bar Association: Professional Relations Committee; Alabama State Bar: Bench and Bar Committee; Alabama Circuit Judges Association: Education Committee co-chair and member of the Executive Board; Alabama Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee; Alabama Law Foundation, Fellow; Paul W. Brock Inns of Court; member and former chair of Mobile Barre, volunteer organization supporting Mobile Ballet; Alabama Coalition Against Rape, former Board Member.