She graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in 1990 and then from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1993. Jane was associated with Dyer Ellis Joseph & Mills, P.C. until 2000 when she became a founding partner at Thaler Liebeler Machado & Rasmussen, LLP, both in Washington D.C. Following the birth of her second child, Ms. Rasmussen established her home-office law practice in 2001. Before opening her Fairfax office in 2008, she worked part-time as Of Counsel at Ray & Isler, P.C. in Tysons Corner and worked as a preschool teacher at Valleybrook School in Falls Church, Virginia. Ms. Rasmussen lives in Falls Church, Virginia with her husband, Kurt, and their two children, Jack (11) and Kate (8).