i happen to think that i have the best
mentor in the practice of law that would
be my father-in-law dan o’connell who is
also a shareholder at tough doctor
arabic and o’connell i’ve worked with
him for almost my entire career and he
has been a huge influence on how i
practice law he is just a wonderful
person an attorney he has a great
experience and background also as a cpa
that i have gotten to learn from and i
think it’s just been so beneficial in my
practice
i have a couple key
pieces of background and experience i
think has partic particularly helped me
as a family law practitioner during law
school i
trained as and volunteered as a guardian
ad litem in ramsey county and so having
that experience having worked as a
guardian adult item obviously helps on
cases when we have guardians assigned
helps clients prepare for the process
understand the process and know what to
expect from having a guardian and item
in their lives
in college i was a trained
advocate for victims of sexual assault
and i also volunteered for programs that
worked with sexual assault victims and
also domestic abuse victims and that
domestic abuse background is very
important in the family law world
obviously because we deal with that
quite frequently