the most rewarding aspect of my practice

i think is working with

families through something that’s

usually a really difficult time and

helping them come up with creative

solutions that work for them and their

family

and taking some of the burden off of

what’s usually a really emotionally

difficult time and providing some

guidance through what can be

scary for some people the legal system

my background and experience was i

worked for a few years before law school

as a victim advocate for domestic

violence victims with a local nonprofit

in the twin cities area

i worked with victims both in the

criminal and civil courts

and from that experience i

got exposed to the the court system and

became interested in law school while i

was in law school i

interned at

some legal aid institutions in the

county attorney’s office working both in

family law and juvenile protection

through those experiences and my

experience as a victim advocate i found

family law to be a really good fit to my

skill set and knowledge base and so from

there i clerked for a judge in hennepin

county

in the family courts where i just saw

family cases all day

and confirmed that’s what i i like doing

what i like learning about and from

there i’ve been practicing family law