She joined the Institute in 2013 and litigates cases to secure property rights and economic liberty in federal and state courts. In 2016, Renée represented Shelia Champion, the owner of a green cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama, who successfully challenged a state law giving funeral homes a monopoly on casket sales. Renée’s views have been published in USA Today and The Wall Street Journal among many other state and local media outlets. Prior to joining the Institute for Justice, Renée worked in private practice as a tax controversy associate at the Washington, D.C., office of Bingham McCutchen, LLP. She received her law degree from Harvard Law School in 2011.