I didn't start off to be a lawyer. I developed a strong love of helping people after working in Washington, D.C. on a two year mission, learning Spanish and doing charity work for people from all walks of life. I then worked on the crisis team in the emergency room for many years while attending BYU, and saw many complex personal and family problems, working with hospital patients of all backgrounds and family circumstances, and taught elementary school for at-risk children.

I managed the microbiology department for NuSkin after graduation doing Quality Control and formulating personal care and supplement products while inspecting manufacturing facilities around the United States. I also served as a clinical laboratory scientist for Norman Regional Medical Center, working under Pathologists in blood bank, chemistry, hematology, and microbiology as a certified Medical Technologist, assisting on autopsies and with bone marrow extractions.

From all this, I gained an understanding of how important good legal work can be to help people and companies succeed, and found my true calling as an attorney. I worked hard and earned my Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma, and started off at a big insurance defense firm in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in the medical division, assisting medical and dental professionals against malpractice suits and other insurance related cases.