I was born and raised in warm, sunny, Sherman Oaks, Ca. As a child, I loved to dance. Anywhere, anyhow, life was a stage, and I loved performing. Despite my distaste for cold weather, one day in 1997, I strapped into a snowboard and fell in love. Like dancing, but on jumps and handrails.

After many years competing on the women’s professional slopestyle snowboard circuit, riding for sponsors, coaching, and training year-round, I was ready to pass the torch to the next generation of kick assery girls who were just slaughtering it out there. On to law school I went.

People often ask, “Wasn’t it hard to go from Professional Snowboarder to Trial Lawyer?” The answer is an easy, “NO!” It’s almost identical. Nothing beats the feeling of standing on top of your run, about to drop in, all eyes on you, legs shaking in fear and excitement, visualizing the countless practice runs in your head, laser focus, adrenaline pumping, wondering why you keep putting yourself through this! Swearing that you’ll never do it again…. Then you drop in and everything around you just stops, and you’re in your moment. And somehow, it’s absolutely silent. And then you land, and the world comes back, and you sit down and think…. Man, I love this! Can’t wait to do that again!

Fast forward 15 years: I am the 2025 President of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego (CASD), Founder and Trial Lawyer of Havens Injury Law, Inc., long time Faculty Teacher for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, (NITA), 2015 graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College, Trial Professor for Trials Lawyer University, Seminar speaker, article writer, proud boy mom and wife to Scott Havens, who somehow keeps all the wheels on the track.

Today I love sharing my passion for adventure and adrenaline with my ex-pro-freeskier husband and my 4 & 7-year-old boys. Between trial calls and zoom depositions, you'll find us riding dirt bikes, RV camping, skiing, or snowboarding, and cheering from the little league or soccer fields.