Her primary focus is counseling new and closely held businesses on business planning, real estate transactional matters, entity formations and mergers and acquisitions. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree in Sacramento from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1999, and received her undergraduate education at California State University, Chico. From 2008 to 2011, she has been named a "Southern California Super Lawyers-Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine – a distinction recognizing just 2.5% of attorneys under age 40 for excellence in the practice of law.