She began her legal career at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc, in Jacksonville, Florida, where she worked for 21 years. She offers a national Social Security brief writing service and has written briefs for filing in the district courts in the states of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington and in the following circuit courts of appeal: First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh. She also successfully argued Sims v. Apfel, 530 U.S. 103 (2000) before the Supreme Court.