I spent the first two years of my legal career in criminal defense as a public defender and defending my clients' constitutional rights remains a passion of mine. Since leaving public defense work, I have practiced primarliy in commercial litigation, both in defense and prosecution of claims. I am licensed to practice in all state courts in Louisiana and Kentucky, and in the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Eastern District of Kentucky. I earned my J.D. at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. I have a B.A. in English Literature from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and an M.A. in English Literature from Morehead State University. Prior to my career in law, I was a high school English and journalism teacher.​​