I began my law career when I was 21 years old in the basement of a large law firm as a file clerk in the litigation department. They said that if I wanted to start at the bottom and work my way up in law, I was in the right place. From my first day in this field, I have focused on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. While I was a student at UT, I got a part-time job as an entry level clerk at Brown McCarroll filing papers and watching masterful trial lawyers at work. It wasn't a glamorous job for me, but it was the best start I could have asked for. I was fortunate to work with people who took the time to teach me the ropes of the business. On that team, one of the cases we defended was a wrongful death case brought against a tire manufacturer when a toddler was ejected from a vehicle and thrown off an overpass on I-35 to his death. The case went all the way through jury trial to a defense verdict and has stuck with me ever since. Later, while in law school, I interned at the federal court in Austin for the Honorable Robert L. Pitman. In that role, I saw what it was like behind the judge's desk first hand. My primary responsibility was to analyze social security disability applications and denials, which made me better at understanding and quickly summarizing complicated medical records -something crucial to my work today. During my second year in law school, I found my calling when I was introduced to acclaimed trial lawyer Mark W. Long. For the first time, I worked on behalf of real people standing up against giant insurance companies. One case in particular that I will never forget is a time we represented the family of a young girl who died playing on a four-wheeler at a friend's house. I learned how to be an advocate for injured and grieving people from one of the best lawyers in the business and, when possible, continue to collaborate with him now. I started working on my own in 2011 and have been aggressively representing regular people every day since then. The enthusiasm I have for this job has only grown with time. My role requires me to know what to do in each of the many confusing, complex, and difficult aspects of personal injury law. I have personally handled nearly every type of injury imaginable--to include car and truck wrecks, 18-wheeler accidents, slip and falls, food poisoning, dog bites, traumatic brain injuries, DWI accidents, drug dealers running over police officers, motorcycle wrecks, bicycle wrecks, pedestrians hit by cars, officer involved shootings, fatalities, restaurant injuries, and even an accident causing amputation. Serious injuries can be some of the most challenging pitfalls in a person's life. It makes me happy to help people through dark times and make things better for them.