Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Salt Lake County Bar Association
Utah Minority Bar Association
National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, Full Member
Litigation Section of Utah State Bar, Public Service Commission
Salt Lake Chamber, Board of Governors
Appointed to serve on the Utah State Bar's Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee
Utah State Bar Commission, ex officio member
Aldon J. Anderson America Inn of Court
Women Lawyers of Utah, President (2010-2011); Women Lawyers of Utah, Chair of Committee for the Initiative on the Advancement and Retention of Women Attorneys, which oversaw a groundbreaking study on why legal employers are failing to advance and retain women attorneys (2007-2009); Women Lawyers of Utah, Board Member (2007-2012); Women Lawyers of Utah, Member (2004-Present)
Ballard Spahr's Diversity and Inclusion Council
Ballard Women, past Co-Chair
Recognition & Accomplishments
Selected by Utah Business Magazine for the "40 Under 40" list for 2017, as a Legal Elite from 2014-2018, and as an Up and Coming lawyer in the area of civil litigation for 2011-2013
Recognized by Salt Lake Chamber as a community difference-maker for its Women's History Month 2017 highlights
Selected as one of Super Lawyer's Mountain States Super Lawyers from 2013-2018 and as a Rising Star in 2012
Recipient of the Utah State Bar's Dorathy Merrill Brothers Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession
Publications
Contributed to Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and Women's Leadership Institute's "Best Practices Guide for Closing the Gender Wage Gap," December 2018
Co-author, "The Utah Report: The Initiative on the Advancement and Retention of Women in Law Firms," Women Lawyers of Utah, October 2010
"Goodwin v. Turner & Gerber v. Hickman: Should Prisoners Have the Right to Procreate?" Journal of Law and Family Studies, 5.2 Edition
Speaking Engagements
"Discovery Issues in Employment Litigation: Tips to Save You Time and Money," Ballard Spahr's Fall Employment Law Seminar, November 7, 2018
"Utah Women and the Wage Gap," Salt Lake Chamber Women and Business Conference, November 15, 2017
"Mind (Your) Pay Gap: What Employers Need to Know About Pay Equity," Ballard Spahr LLP's Fall Employment Law Seminar, November 1, 2017
"Mentors, Champions, Diversity, and Advancement—You Can't Be Who you Can't See," Summer Convention, Utah State Bar, August 2017
"Interagency Cooperation Among Court-Appointed Receivers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Department of Justice," Annual Securities Law Workshop, Utah State Bar, August 2017
"CFPB Enforcement Actions in the Credit Card Industry," Risk Management Association, October 2013
Presenter at in-house seminar for client titled "Ethics for In-House Counsel: Common Problems and How To Handle Them"
"The Final Report on the Initiative on the Advancement and Retention of Women," Utah State Bar 2010 Summer Convention, July 17, 2010
"The Initiative on the Advancement and Retention of Women: Survey Results and Suggestions," Utah State Bar 2009 Summer Convention
"Retaining Good Lawyers: Lifestyle and Generational Issues," Utah State Bar Fall Forum 2009
Community Activities
Salt Lake Symphony, member of cello section, 2006-present
Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR), Board of Directors, Salt Lake City Chapter