During the 1990s, worked for the State of Michigan as a clinical social worker serving mentally ill incarcerated individuals.
In 1998, graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and began working on behalf of individuals and business organizations to enforce the Constitution against municipalities, States and the United States of America. That practice included civil rights cases representing owners of dogs that police officers shot under the color of state law. Several of the police dog shooting cases were featured in a British documentary film entitled Dogs Are People Too. The film debuted at the 2024 One World Film Festival in Prague and was featured at the Brooklyn Film Festival in 2024. It is currently streaming on Apple TV and other services.
Meanwhile, a thriving private psychotherapy practice continues, serving adults in Michigan and Virginia.
Married with four children and living outside Washington, D.C.