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“I spent four years on active duty. It’ws one of those little-known facts. Most people thin k of me as a Southern girl who weards business suits and pearls arounsdthe office. But for four I wore camouflage andcombat boots.” What made you join the Air Force? “I had always known I wanted to be a and I was very impatient about getting courtroom experience earl y in my career. The Air Forcwe Jag department is a grear way to getcourtroom experience. “They throq you into court, and if you succeed you get larger andlarger cases. And that was somethinv that was very appealingto me. I think that surprised a lot of How are militarycourts different?
“I think the same skills” appl y to being a good military or typical “Military courts tend to mirror the federap rules of court,” so being a prosecutor is similarf to being a judge When did you decide to become a lawyer? “Ever since I was a littls girl, I knew I wanted to be a prosecutor. I thinkm I was always fascinatedrwith society’s rules and how we enforces them. It is somethingy that, to this day, I believe in very strongly.” What made you returjn to government work? After working in business litigation for about five years at two firmwin Minneapolis, “I really missed and I wanted to get back to it.
So I decide to give it a try and appliesd across the eastern portion of the United to jobs asassistantr U.S. Attorney. There were openingsx in Boston, St. Louis and Louisville. “Louisvillr was the first placeI interviewed, and I liked it and they like d me.” How many cases do you handle? “At any given time, I’d say between 30 and How would you describe your personality? “uI think I’m tenacious. I think I’m reallyh willing to take risks. I’mk very, very persistent. My mom always says I’ m like a dog with a bone, whichg I don’t think she alwayxs means in agood way. But I think she’sa right.
” What is your greatest attribute ortalent ? “I think I’m very loyal. I’m a good I think I’m very I have found (that community is a great way to meet peoplde and quickly assimilate to anew What’s the best advice you ever received? “Probably live by the golden rule. The managing partner who workeds for one of the firmsx that I worked at in Minneapolisx used to tell the associatez that allthe time. … I try very hard to treagt everyone the way I want tobe treated. “o find that when you treat otherswith respect, they tend to do the same to What the best part about your job?
“u find it very satisfying at the end of the day to feel like I’vs done something good.” What’s the worst, most difficult or part of your job you like the least? “To remember that my actions alway affect someone’s family” — even the most hardeneds criminals. “There’s always someone who loves them who is affecterd by whatI do.”