Continuing my education, eventually graduating from law school at the University of Oklahoma, I began a traditional career in the law; first as a trial lawyer with the US Department of Justice, then to California where I began the practice as a corporate or business lawyer.  But, perhaps because I was keenly aware of my blessings, I had become bonded to public service.  Whatever I did professionally, I also worked a full pro bono menu, forming legal aid groups, representing treatment programs, representing indigents in court, and participating in county and state bar activities.

Eventually, I moved to rural Northern California where I began my journey as  a solo practitioner. There I worked in the trenches. I became Chief Trial Counsel to the Chid Protective Service in my County, took a contract to represent victims of domestic violence living in the women's shelter, became court appointed counsel for children in hotly contested divorce cases, and managed a small general practice as well. After 40 plus years of law practice, I retired to New Mexico to enjoy the art and cultural mix that is so unique to the Land of Enchantment. But I could not put down my pen and I decided to write about what I observed and learned over my lifetime, fictionally of course (because of the freedom it offers the writer to make a point),

I had the good fortune along the way to be mentored by many wonderful, ethical and public minded individuals.  It is they, together with my life experience, who led me to the conclusion that everything good in life comes from love, extended from each of us to all of us.  With love in our hearts, we can fix anything that is going wrong. Through my writings I seek to offer hope to my readers.