Department of Justice's Civil Division. In this position, she serves as lead counsel for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (respondent) in cases filed under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Ms. Walters joined the Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney in 2010. Prior to that time, she was in private practice at a large law firm in Washington, D.C., where she litigated patent cases. Ms. Walters also previously worked as a paralegal at the Department of Justice in the Vaccine Litigation section from 2002 to 2007. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Georgetown University in 2002, and her Juris Doctor degree from George Mason University School of Law in 2008. Ms. Walters is admitted to practice law in Virginia and the District of Columbia.