is a shareholder of the firm and has been practicing law with the firm since 1985. She is from Terre Haute, Indiana and has lived in Northwest Arkansas for over twenty-five years. She graduated with honors from the University of Kansas in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, practiced social work with Youth Bridge, Inc. after moving to Fayetteville, and later attended law school and graduated with honors from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville in 1985. She served as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Springdale for eleven years, acting primarily as counsel to the Planning Commission and handling land use matters. She is currently serving as legal counsel to the Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital.
