[2][3] She began her practice in Washington, D.C., as an associate at the firm of Cole, Raywid and Braverman, now Davis Wright Tremaine, where she became a partner in 1989.

[4] She received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 9, 2015 and her nomination generated no controversy.

On December 20, 2017, her renomination by President Donald Trump was announced and sent to the Senate as part of a bipartisan package of nominees which included Marilyn Horan and Chad Kenney.

[8] On February 15, 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported her nomination by voice vote.

[12][13][14] The Township was represented by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund[15] in the case, which was profiled in Rolling Stone magazine in May 2017.