Since joining the Attorney General's staff in 1990, she has been assigned to the Opinions Bureau in the Springfield office. In that capacity, she assists in the provision of legal advice to various State officers and State agencies on a variety of issues pertinent to State and local government law. In addition to serving as the first chair of the Illinois State Bar Association's Committee on Government Lawyers, she also sits on the ISBA's Committee on Membership and Bar Activities and the Local Government Law Section Council.