I represent people who have been seriously injured and deserve to be made whole.

Since the beginning of my law school career, I’ve been clear about my desire to represent people harmed by the negligence or recklessness of others. I founded The Student Plaintiffs Bar, my school’s first organization for law students who want to represent injured people. I worked in our civil litigation clinic and interned at civil rights and legal aide organizations. I knew I was preparing for a future making insurers pay injured people’s bills.

After school, however, I needed real experience in courtroom litigation, to get comfortable with the pressures of trials and split-second negotiations. So I spent three years as a public defender in rural and suburban Minnesota. Public defense gave me the courtroom experience I needed. I took seven cases through trial to verdict, prepared dozens more for trial, conducted frequent contested motions hearings, and negotiated in a ruthlessly pro-prosecution jurisdiction. I got good at framing my client’s cases towards what judges actually care about: not what the law says, but what it lets them do. I learned how to read a room, build trust with jurors and witnesses, and build my cases into stories that juries believe. I developed a legal philosophy built on pragmatism and a central focus on the real impact cases have on my clients’ lives. Those skills translate directly to representing injured clients, where what cases I take and how I tell their stories determine whether I can help people or just burn through their time and money.

In April 2024, while I was still working as a Minnesota public defender, I ruptured my Achilles tendon at a parkour gym. I had every advantage: income, health insurance, and low living expenses, but I still found myself facing unexpected medical bills. Even though I had high quality health insurance, my provider picked and chose which expenses they would cover. I spent weeks wondering how anyone without my advantages was supposed to avoid bankruptcy. Plaintiff work had always been my interest, but navigating life during a major injury made it personal. I left the Minnesota public defender’s office to represent plaintiffs because this is the work I’m passionate about.

Representing injured people is my passion, but if you’ve been accused of a crime in central Pennsylvania, I can help you, too. After three years as a full time public defender, I know my way around a criminal case and I have fought and won them under overwhelming circumstances. I charge a flat fee for criminal defense work, so you will know what you are paying for my services by the end of our first meeting.