Before joining the Law School faculty in 1997, she was a partner in the Keller Rohrback firm, where her practice focused on estate planning, probate, non-profit organizations and family business planning. She is currently of counsel at Keller Rohrback LLP. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 1983. She is a member of the American, Washington State and King County Bar Associations and their Real Property, Probate and Trust Sections, and is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She has made numerous presentations on estate planning, probate and estate and gift tax topics.