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I graduated from Willamette University College of Law in 2006 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence and a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the Willamette Center for Dispute Resolution.  That summer I joined my father's solo practice first as a clerk and then as a lawyer upon my admission to the Washington State Bar Association.  In addition to my work at McCann and McCann, I have been contracted with Skagit County to provide misdemeanor public defense since 2008.. I was born in Sedro-Woolley and have spent most of my life here.  I plan to continue to make Sedro-Woolley my home and Skagit County the focus of my practice.

I am a second-career attorney who started Adaptive Law Firm PS so I could offer legal services my own way. I pursued my law degree following a nearly ten-year academic career in urban planning and community development, and now apply my problem-solving mentality to a mixed practice of estate planning, land use and elder law. I represent my home district (District 3) on the Skagit County Planning Commission, and continue to teach as an adjunct professor in the accredited Urban and Regional Planning program at Cal Poly Pomona. I am a member of the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAF), a volunteer attorney with Community Action of Skagit County, and a licensed real estate broker with Windermere Real Estate / North Cascades.. I earned my J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon in 2011, where I emphasized agriculture and natural resources law, and my Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Portland State University in 2001. I also hold a B.A. in Planning and Environmental Policy from Western Washington University’s Huxley College in Bellingham, Washington. I am licensed to practice law in Washington and Montana.. If I am outside the office, I am probably hanging out with my kids Owen (age 3) and Zoe (age 1), running the amazing trails of Skagit County, baking gluten-free goodies that I may or may not share with others, or listening to elder law podcasts. (Yes, I’m serious.)