Originally from the west coast, I graduated from Westmont College in 1989.  While attending college in Santa Barbara, CA, I studied English Literature.  After graduation I chose to go to law school in the Midwest and I moved to Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota Law School.  I graduated Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif in 1992.

While still in law school, I began clerking at the Gilmore law firm in the spring of 1990.  After spending the following summer at a larger Minneapolis law firm, I returned to the Gilmore law firm where I worked as an insurance defense attorney from 1992 to 1996.  There, I tried a jury case and handled a variety of insurance related matters- my primary focus being worker's compensation defense.

In July of 1996, I came to work at Mottaz & Sisk Injury Law- a position I have held ever since. Since that time I have tried over 400 worker's compensation cases.  I have also argued before the MN Worker's Compensation Court of Appeals on many occasions and I have argued before the MN Supreme Court once.  At present, 100% of my practice involves representation of injured workers under the MN Worker's Compensation Statute.