[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1994 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

From January 1996 to February 1997, Dorsey was an intern for the firm Totaro & Shanahan and participated to the California Pro Bono Project.

She practiced before both state and federal courts and handled a wide variety of matters including appeals, class actions, and complex commercial litigation.

[3] On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate.

[9] In April 2019, she sentenced a man who possessed 47,000 files of child pornography to nine years in prison.