Back to work, slacker

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

I am formally opening my law firm on October 15th. Although I enjoy blogging in relative obscurity, it's bad for business. So I'm going to step outside my introverted tendencies and introduce myself more. If nothing else, some of you may be wondering why I moved "border to border."

After spending most of my life in Duluth, MN and graduating from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and Marquette University Law School (Milwaukee, WI), I moved back to my hometown. I was in private practice there from 1998-2004, concentrating on employment law and general civil litigation. While at my firm, I was also a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee for Minnesota.

My husband's job as a design engineer at a maquiladora brought us to Brownsville. We moved here with our son, and our daughter was born here in 2005. After my maternity leave, I served as a municipal judge for the City of Harlingen from May 2006 to May 2008.

Although I have spent much of my career in civil litigation and employment, I hope to also build upon my municipal, criminal, and bankruptcy experience as I open my new firm in Brownsville.

I want to sincerely thank all of the lawyers I've met so far here. Everyone has been very welcoming and helpful to a complete outsider.

I also thank you for your indulgence.  Tomorrow, back to blogging about guns, gold, and all things libertarian.