I am 62 years old and have been practicing law for 25 years. I worked in the legal field for 3 years before that. I have practiced in state and federal trial and appellate courts in many states. Before that I taught college and coached college debaters for 11 years. During that time I published and presented at conventions a lot of research and served as both Director of Graduate Studies and Acting Department Chairperson.
I graduated summa cum laude from law school despite working full time, commuting every day from Muncie to Indianapolis, and having two young children whose events I rushed to and from like a crazy person (those kids are now 34 and 31). I was published in the law review while a student, and I was the individual and team winner of the moot court competition and was later tapped to coach moot court competitors for off-campus competitions.