Ms. Steinnerd received her Juris Doctor from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. While attending law school, Ms. Steinnerd worked as a Law Clerk for the National Law Center for Children and Families, and as a Clerk for the Hon. Odessa Vincent in the D.C. Superior Court. Ms. Steinnerd also participated in the D.C. Law Students In Court program, where she represented criminal offenders in the D.C. Superior Court system as a third-year student attorney. Ms. Steinnerd was also a member of Catholic University's National Moot Court Team in Constitutional Law. After attending law school in Washington, D.C., Ms. Steinnerd joined a family law firm that specialized in LGBT family law. This firm's practice was located in Maryland, and provided Ms. Steinnerd with meaningful experience in all three jurisdictions of the Washington Metropolitan area. Ms. Steinnerd is a native Texan, and received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University. Ms. Steinnerd is a member of the National LGBT Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, the Family Law Section of the Fairfax Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Montgomery County, Maryland Bar Association, the Prince George's County, Maryland Bar Association, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Virginia Women's Attorney Association.